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An 11-year-old stopped lion attacks with blinking lights. 🦁
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Heartwarming HumanityOct 02, 2026

An 11-year-old stopped lion attacks with blinking lights. 🦁

An 11-year-old stopped lion attacks with blinking lights. 🦁 . . . In 2009, Richard Turere rigged LEDs, wires and an old car battery outside his family's cattle enclosure near Nairobi National Park. The irregular flashes made lions think someone was walking nearby. Attacks stoppedβ€”and his invention protected the cattle without killing a single lion.

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