On the prowl for wandering big cats

Kenyan authorities have fitted a tracking device onto one of the 36 lions that live in a wildlife park on the outskirts of the capital city, aiming to stop the animals coming into unwanted contact with people.

Human settlements have long been encroaching on the Nairobi National Park which was established in 1946 and gives visitors a chance to see lions, giraffes, zebras and other wildlife against a backdrop of the city's high-rise buildings.

Kenya Wildlife Service said it now had six lions in the park fitted with satellite tracking devices inserted into special collars, in a project that began in 2014.