A 43-year-old man was trampled by an elephant in an attack in a village in Kwale County.
Police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials said the incident happened on May 21 in Mapijani village in Lungalunga location.
The body of Joseph Kimau Mutizo aged 43 years was found on a footpath moments after the incident.
Locals said he was on his way home when he was attacked by an elephant.
A herd of elephants was passing through the village when the incident happened.
There are fears locals will hunt down the animal. Such incidents of human-wild animals conflicts have been on the rise in the area and places near national parks.
Many wild animals stray from major parks to villages in search of food.
KWS has mounted a campaign to address the menace, which includes fencing the areas.
The government and conservation groups have a compensation program for people and herders whose livestock is killed by wild animals.
But herders have become more protective after losing livestock to a drought that has been termed the worst in decades in the East Africa region.
For instance, villagers in Mbirikani, Amboseli, and Kajiado County two weeks ago killed 10 lions in retaliation to an incident where the wild animals had killed their 12 goats.
Officials said the loss of habitat and climate change threatened the number of wild animals the wild and that their future looked "bleak".
The officials say policies aimed at enabling communities to co-exist with wildlife were vital.
