A few weeks ago, the Lion Guardian team was out on a report following the tracks of two females and one male lion. We were slowly traversing the golden bushy landscape of the Selenkay Conservancy on the Eselenkei Group Ranch when out of the tawny grass we saw an ear flicker. CHEETAH! Two Cheetahs were…
The Ruaha Lion Guardians learn how to track spoor.
The 2012 Annual Report, which summarizes the Lion Guardians collective efforts and accomplishments is ready!
Meet the newest members of the Lion Guardians Team from the Ruaha Ecosystem in central Tanzania
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We are very excited that all of the ground work for our expansions into the Ruaha and Sinya areas of Tanzania are now bearing fruits. Earlier this year, we hosted a group of Barabaig community leaders from the Ruaha ecosystem in central Tanzania on an exchange visit to Kenya. They interacted with our Lion Guardians and the…
Selenkay’s pride which is now composed of ten lions is well known for being a livestock killing group. This is because they have killed livestock in almost every corner of their territory and have been hunted countless times in retaliation. Fortunately, we have succeeded in stopping all lion hunting party’s intent on killing them except…
The killing spree in Amboseli necessitated by political tensions between Kenya Wildlife Service and political leaders had a devastating effect to both wildlife and the community. Community leaders met and took stock of the killings within all of the Group Ranches. The results were shocking, but would have been worse were it not for the…
This year’s awards for the Lion Guardian games were divided into six categories. The most reliable award went to Leparakuo Shuaka from Eselenkei. He was rewarded for being quick to respond to conflicts, effective monitoring of his zone, readiness to work at all hours of the day, finding 4 lost young herders and for his flexibility at…
The 2012 Lion Guardians Games will be held the first week of July.