One of our new Eselenkei Lion Guardians Melita called us with some very exciting news a few days ago. He reported seeing tracks of wild dogs in his area during his daily monitoring duties! Unfortunately we haven’t got any photos of these dogs yet, but the ones below were photographed in Laikipia. I went out…
Lion Guardians expansion continues!
After successfully starting up the Lion Guardians program on Eselenkei Group Ranch, we are now expanding to yet another ranch in the Amboseli-Tsavo Ecosystem! The new ranch, Olgulului is on the border with Amboseli National Park, and experiences a lot of conflict with wildlife. We can’t wait to start work there! Here is one of…
Do elephants like coffee?
Last night was full of noise and disturbance. No, it wasn’t some rowdy Maasai warriors having a party… it was elephants! In the last few days the elephants have decided to come to our camp and are spending their time breaking branches, pulling up trees and causing a tremendous racket! But the strangest thing that we…
Latest photos from our camera trap!
Here are the latest pictures from the camera trap we were kindly donated by Sheri and Owen Hogle from the Wild Bird Center in Utah. It was put at a water hole so that we could see what animals were visiting the area. Here are some of the animals that came: Some very inquisitive giraffes….. a number of…
Lion Guardians Christmas Cards!
We are very excited to announce our beautiful Lion Guardians Christmas Cards, which you can buy right here on this blog! Of course all the profits will go to the Lion Guardians, so please buy as many as you can and tell all your friends about them too! Maybe you could even buy a stock,…
Lion Guardians celebrate!
The new Lion Guardian training and celebration day in Eselenkei Group Ranch was held to celebrate the new Guardians after their first month of work. The day started with traditional blessings and the new Lion Guardians were then each given 5 minutes to present the reports from their zones. They talked about signs of lions…
Thank you to our donors!
The Lion Guardins would like to thank everyone who has supported us recently. Thank you to: Katherine J, Samantha V, Scott R, Richard V, Black C, Lois C, Hashi H, Anne C, Diane K, Jessica F, Mary P, Pirjo I, Mary H, Shannon C, The F, Angela G, Kerryn W, Mike S, Sauwah T, Jason…
Thank you Africa Alive!
Once again the UK tourist attraction and zoo, Africa Alive have done an amazing job, and collected the huge sum of $4731 for the Lion Guardians! What fantastic news! We are thrilled that they have managed to raise this amount for us, which will help the project considerably, especially as we now expand the program…
Please help by sponsoring a Lion Guardian!
Now you have met all of our new Guardians on Eselenkei Group Ranch, we hope you might be able to help support their work. These young men have turned their lives around to help conserve the lions they once hunted, and some of them are even learning to read and write at the same time…
Meet traditional warrior Kutata!
Kutata is the most educated of the new Lion Guardians, but is a very traditional Maasai warrior (moran), who is strong and confident. His humble background, likeable character, impressive personality, wealth of experience and respect for his seniors were all strong attributes that impressed the panelists during the selection period. We expect Kutata to take…