the kunene region last week, where two lions killed 66 goats and 10 sheep belonging to farmer immanuel gurirabrter: as a result of the lion attack, gurirab lost half of his herd -- a sizable financial loss for the farmer. the government compensates farmers after such incidents, but at a rate around half of market value. immanuel: the wild animals from the desert, the lions, the elephants cause us a lot of problems. we don't gain anything from having wild animals here, they bring us nothing. our livestock are our income, how we earn our living. reporter: near his stall, gurirab has discovered fresh hyena tracks. brown hyenas don't hunt goats, but the tracks could have been made by spotted hyenas, a more aggressive species. immanuel: if the government doesn't take care of the hyenas, we have no choicewe have to shoot them. that's the plan. reporter: when he was a cattle herder, phineas kasaona also killed hyenas and lions. today, he protects them. he's a ranger and member of the anabeb community reserve. since the 1990's, farmers like kasoana have joined neighbors to create their own nature rese