Escaped lions tracked by armed rangers in Kenyan capital

Nairobi residents warned not to confront two lionesses that strayed from national park into highly populated areas

Wildlife rangers are searching for two lions which escaped from Nairobi's national park and wandered into highly populated areas of the Kenyan capital.

Kenya Wildlife Service issued an appeal "for help to get two lionesses that strayed from the Nairobi national park". Armed rangers and KWS vets carrying dart guns scoured bush and agricultural land near Kibera, one of Africa's largest slums. "Lions are dangerous wild animals. Avoid provoking the lions by confronting them," said a KWS spokesman, Paul Udoto.