Nairobi, June 3 -- For millions of Kenyans living at the edges of wildlife habitats, conflict with humans is a perennial threat, attributed to the loss of lives and millions of shillings in damages to infrastructure and agricultural resources.

While official statistics are scant and largely outdated, animal conservation groups estimate that between 200 and 400 Kenyans have lost their lives in encounters with rogue wildlife in the past decade. Many more have been injured or maimed, and the cost to livestock and farmland has been equally devastating.

Analysts point to climate change, with its residual effects of prolonged droughts and floods that have decimated wildlife resources and brought humans and wild animals ever closer together. ...