Hi everyone. This is Eric. Our team was out in the field visiting the southern Olgulului area where we hope to expand the Lion Guardians project to. The community members came out in good numbers to meet our team and seemed very pleased with our plans for expansion into their area. On seeing satisfaction written…
Goodbye Antony!
We have some news for you – Antony Kasanga has recently left the Lion Guardians project, but he is still working to protect the wildlife of the ecosystem – he now works for our friends at the Maasailand Preservation Trust (MPT). After he finished secondary school Antony started working for Living with Lions, where he…
Lion Guardian Games!
As you may remember, we were planning to hold the Lion Guardian Games at the very end of last year, but we had to postpone them for a number of reasons – firstly due to major floods, which meant that the Guardians could not attend, but also because the depletion of herbivores and the presence…
The mystery of the missing shoe
Foolishly I left my shoes outside my tent in the Eselenkei Lion Guardians camp overnight. The next morning I woke up to find only the left one remaining. Perplexed, I investigated the scene to discover what had happened. It became quickly evident that an elephant had come through in the night. But why would…
An update on Nimaoi’s cubs and ostrich for dinner!
As we reported back in January, Mbirikani lioness Nimaoi had her first litter of 3 cubs, with the suspected father being Kasaiyo. Here they are at the beginning of the year. Since then, one sadly seems to have disappeared, leaving a male and a female cub for Nimaoi to look after, and we are…
Missing cubs – an update!
You may remember the sad events of a few months ago that led to the spearing of the lioness Mbeuti, who was attacked by the new young moran age group, during a very difficult period for Mbirikani. We reported that Mbeuti’s 2 cubs that were with her at the time, fled from the attackers and…
Snakes and lions
As well as lions, we are coming across a lot of snakes at the moment. The Lion Guardians have been spotting them in holes, up trees and in grass, others on the road, and even one flying through the sky – read more to find out how! Late one evening while the Lion Guardians team…
A very cute little cub!
Yesterday we received a report from Lion Guardians Meingati and Lentooma in northern Olgulului, that they had found the tracks of two lionesses together with a set of very small tracks. With their tracking equipment they picked up the signal of the collared lioness Nempakai, who often visits Amboseli National Park, and when we drove…
A lion update from Mbirikani
Now that the worst of the human-wildlife conflict seems to be over we thought we would give you some news of the lions on Mbirikani. The lionesses Elikan and Selenkay who are usually seen together with their 4 cubs are doing very well and we are pleased to report that they are still staying away…
Lion Guardian wedding!
Though a lot of a Lion Guardian’s life is spent protecting lions and reducing conflicts between their communities and carnivores, on their days off they get on with their normal lives like any other Maasai, herding their cattle or going to market to buy food and supplies for their family. Today though was no…