Lion lights are flashing lights set up around a perimeter facing outwards; which are used to scare away lions. The lion lights were devised by Maasai Richard Turere to prevent night attacks by lions on his family's cattle herd, which was in Kitengela on the unfenced south side of Nairobi National Park, in Kenya. These types of attacks often lead to the hunting and killing of the lions, which are endangered. Based on this invention, Turere won a scholarship to Brookhouse School. Although originally intended for lions, lion lights may also work for other predators such as leopards and cheetahs.