Namibia's extreme drought over the last five years has led to a reduction in vast herds of antelopes that are the staple food of lions in the arid Kunene Region. The lions have turned to the remaining sources of prey - cattle, sheep and goats belonging to communal farmers who struggle to eke out a living on extremely marginal lands. These local farmers, many of whom have already lost livestock due to drought, have been heavily hit by lions targeting their decimated livestock herds. Ironically, many of the farmers are from communities that pioneered community conservation in Namibia - it was largely due to their willingness to tolerate wildlife that the lion population and range in the Kunene expanded to areas that had not seen lions for several decades.