Thirteen-year-old Richard Turere's bright idea is aimed at
preserving his family's cattle, and Kenya's dwindling lion
population ... at the same time. To prevent lions from attacking
the cattle at night, Grab video code: Thirteen-year-old Richard
Turere's bright idea is aimed at preserving his family's cattle,
and Kenya's dwindling lion population at the same time. To
prevent lions from attacking the cattle at night, the schoolboy
has invented a 10 dollar lighting system to scare them off...and
away from farmers who kill the predators on sight. SOUNDBITE
(English) LION LIGHTS INVENTOR, RICHARD TURERE, SAYING: "Lions
were eating our cattle at night, which made me very annoyed, and
I thought that I have to come up with an idea of making bulbs.
Because I knew that the lions were afraid of something moving.
When someone wakes up at night and moves with a torch, they are
afraid. So I made the bulbs which flash at night and keep away
lions." The LED bulbs came from broken flashlights. Richard
attached them to poles