When Lion Guardian Noah from the Ol Donyo Wuas zone of Mbirikani came himself directly to our base camp to deliver his report personally, we knew immediately that he was excited about something. He had found tracks of three young male lions just close to Ol Donyo Lodge and had followed them to the place…
It’s almost time for the 2nd Annual Lion Guardian Games!
Many of you will remember that last year we held the first ever Lion Guardian Games! We even made a reel of the highlights! Well it’s time to get excited! We are gearing up for the second Lion Guardian Games!! As you may know we have Lion Guardians monitoring and conserving lions on three Group…
Cubs, cubs, everywhere!
We are very excited! We have just confirmed the 7th set of cubs under 6 months old within Lion Guardian areas!!!! That means that every adult female in our study area is currently with offspring! We’ve never documented such an occurrence before. It seems there is a lot of hope for the future!!!
My visit to Tanzania
Living with Lions and Panthera are collaborating to expand the successful Lion Guardian model to areas in Tanzania where lion populations are in decline due to conflict with local people. Serengeti Lion Research Project and Panthera asked that we consider the Ngorongoro Conservation Area as the first location for the expansion. We decided to give it a try! I…
An update from the LWL Mara Predator Project
While Eric is away, we thought you might enjoy some updates from the Living With Lions Mara Predator Project. Click here to read the most recent MPP Blog.
Eric is in Tanzania!
The Lion Guardians program has been extremely successful at preventing lion deaths, and we have received many requests from other countries to tell them more about it. This month, the Lion Guardians Blog will be on a brief hiatus while Eric is investigating the plausibility of expanding the Lion Guardians program to Tanzania. We can’t…
Sikiria’s price of double courtship
Sikiria is one of our favourite collared lions with interesting movement patterns. He has travelled no less than 5,635 kms before settling in one area in Oltiasika. His area of choice has all the characteristic and positive factors for a lion’s permanent territory. It is abuzz with different prey species not to mention its proximity…
The Mara Predator Project Blog
If you like the Lion Guardian blog, you will also like our sister project Living With Lions Mara Predator Project’s blog. Please remember as you read our blogs that we need your financial support to keep doing our conservation work. Please donate by clicking here.
The Living With Lions Annual Report is now available!
Living With Lions, the parent organization of Lion Guardians, has several other projects operating in Kenya, in addition to Lion Guardians! Please read LWL’s annual report, which we have just posted to our website, to learn more about these great projects! And please remember that we rely on your support to finance these projects, so…
Moranism will always be there
Since the beginning of this year, a new age-group is being prepared for eventual installment as the official Moran age-group. Circumcision ceremonies have been going on throughout Maasailand for boys who have reached maturity age. This is the stage where a boy proves to all and sundry that he is ready and willing to face…