Guardian Parkesian flagged us down as we rushed out of the Training Center. He had run several kilometers to meet us in a matter of minutes. He was drenched in sweat, but he didn’t care. A hunt was on and there was no time to lose! Thirty minutes before, he was on a motorbike making…
As our Community Manager, Eric Ole Kesoi believes “Community support is critical to our existence. We must sustain that support”. In today’s blog, he relates some of the ways that we help the community above and beyond the normal duties of a Guardian and how that helps to conserve lions in the long-term. Our…
She was just over a year and a half old when she left the protection of her mother’s care; she is a little lion fending for herself in the big world. While this is not uncommon for most lions born on community lands, the task of striking out on one’s own is doubly difficult for…
Today is World Wildlife Day and we asked Luke Maamai, Lion Guardians Program Manager, about his connection with wildlife. He shared with us this traditional wisdom from his father that set him on the path he finds himself on today. “Traditionally, Maasai did not eat their cattle but drank milk and blood instead. Warriors were…
The training of new Guardians is always an exciting time. In today’s blog, our Community Liaison Manager, Eric Ole Kesoi recounts the recent Training for Guardians at our Center and how it changed the lives of five young men…. The Lion Guardians family is growing, both in strength and in number. In the New Year,…
The fourth issue of the Lion Guardians Newsletter is out. Click here to read all about new faces, a new logo, a quirky young Lion Guardian named Olamayiani and much much more! Happy reading! Please share with your friends and family.
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Guardian Lenkai takes the meaning of coexistence to another level when he happens on a lion cub under mysterious circumstances!
Between August 12th – 15th, more than twenty community members from two Tanzanian sites, in Tarangire and Ngorongoro, visited our Lion Guardians core project in the Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya.