Our mission is to promote and sustain coexistence between people & wildlife through ecological monitoring and local capacity building. In collaboration with the local communities of Mbirikani ranch, the Living with Lions project, and the Maasailand Preservation Trust, the Lion Guardians program was initiated in October 2006. The Lion Guardians approach involves recruiting young non-literate Maasai [...]

Lion Guardians’s collaborative approach to conservation is what makes its work sustainable, original, and successful. The Lion Guardian approach uniquely blends modern wildlife conservation with local culture. The project utilizes Maasai traditional ecological knowledge while introducing modern scientific technologies to improve both the community and wildlife conservation. Lion Guardians believes that conservation of threatened carnivores [...]

You can support Lion Guardians through our partner Wildlife Guardians.  Wildlife Guardians is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization so your contribution will be tax deductible to the fullest extent allowable by U.S. law. One hundred percent of your donation will support direct lion conservation because Wildlife Guardians does not charge a fee or deduct any administrative [...]