Valentines celebration came early for the residents of Usoma Beach after Kenya Wildlife Service officers killed a hippo.
They complained that the hippo has been straying into people’s homes destroying their properties and now that was their chance a revenge by feasting on it.
KWS officials shot the hippo three times after members of the community raised the alarm.
Resident Samuel Odongo said the animal has wreaked havoc in the past few months.
“The hippo has killed our cows which we had tethered in our compounds. We used to lock ourselves up in our houses for fear of being attacked,” Odongo said.
Soon after the hippo was shot dead, residents slaughtered the animal and shared the meat.
Last year in August, a man was killed by a hippo at the same beach while fishing.
He had earlier survived a crocodile attack while fishing and was admitted to hospital for six months.