For a few days, we kept on receiving reports about a problematic limping lion. He has been sighted several times and is known to have an appetite for livestock meat. Not good news! His story is very interesting though…. Many years ago, before conservation moved into the area, a pride of lions killed several goats…
The art of tracking!
The Lion Guardians have been conducting ‘spoor counts’ for almost a year now (spoor is a word meaning animal tracks) as part of their weekly routine. Each Guardian has two set routes of roughly 6km long and he walks each route once a week. From the very beginning of the route to the end, the…
New lion cubs!
We are delighted to report that Mbirikani lioness Nimaoi has had her first litter of three cubs! Kilimanjaro Lion Conservation Project Biologist Kylie has been keeping a close eye on them, and though Nimaoi has been hiding them away most of the time, she has been able to catch a few glimpses of the cute…
Read the Lion Guardians Annual Report
We are pleased to announce that the Lion Guardians Annual Report is now available on the Living with Lions website. We have had a fantastic year, expanding our monitoring and community work to two additional group ranches in the Amboseli ecosystem. To read about our successful work over the last year please click here to…
Lion Guardians stop lions in their tracks!
A few days ago Lion Guardian Parkesian from Olgulului reported that he had seen 4 lions earlier that day – two adults and two cubs. When we got to Parkesian’s area, the sun was already going down so we hurried to the place he had spotted them. We got the signal of Nempakai, an older lioness…
Lion Guardians find lucky lion Lomunyak!
Yesterday we got a report that Lion Guardian Mokoi had found the signals of Selenkay and Narika, the 2 female lions that are often found with another lioness, beautiful un-collared lion Elikan. We hadn’t seen Selenkay since she was re-collared a few weeks ago and were eager to catch another glimpse of her. We also…
An update on our local lions
We have been receiving lots of reports from the Lion Guardians recently about their lion findings. Every time a Lion Guardian finds a track, hears a roar or is lucky enough to see a lion he must phone the report into camp, and now that it has started to rain a little, it seems the…
Closer encounter with a lion!
A few days ago the Lion Guardians were thrilled to be involved in the re-collaring of female lion Selenkay. Lion Guarians Mokoi and Olubi had tracked her that morning and found her with her two companions Narika and Elikan. Here are Selenkay and Narika lying together peacefully under some trees. Selenkay’s collar needed to be…
Modern day lion hunt
‘Olamayio’ is a traditional Maasai lion hunting party, usually comprising several warriors (morans) of the same age-set. Ideally, morans will go out to test their bravery, which will subsequently provide prestige and status for the victorious moran within his community. It will also very much help to ‘draw in girls’! One day last week, we…
A rare ostrich meeting!
After only a little rain, the devastating drought is still ravaging the greater Amboseli ecosystem. The drought is bound to completely change specialized pastoralism, the core of the Maasai’s cultural identity. It is like a wind that blows nobody good. Wildlife of all kinds despite their shapes and sizes are also susceptible to the drought.…