We recently asked the Lion Guardians some questions from you, the blog readers. Here I ask some questions from Paula. She wants to know how many lions have the Guardians saved, is it enough, and what are our greatest challenges, that keep us awake at night? Some very difficult questions to answer! She asked them…
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More new lions?
Lion Guardian Koikai has reported two lions close to Olbili, where he lives and works. When he passed on this information to the office, he said he thought they were a new pride. Our collared male Lentim is at Olosira, a hill close to Olbili, but Koikai think the ones he came across are probably…
Home, gardening, the origins of man
I have recently come back to camp after a few days at home, away from the office. It was great to be home – I really enjoyed spending some time with my mum and sisters and one of my brothers. Here is a photo of me with my mum and one of my young sisters.…
More cows killed by lions
An unidentified number of lions have killed 2 cows in an area called Centre, at the border of our ranch Mbirikani and one of our neighboring ranches called Kuku. As you can see, not much remains of the cows… This area is home to Lion Guardian Ritei who reported this news to us. He will…
Your questions answered (part 3)
I’m going to answer some questions from Jeff Spindel, who I met while I was visiting America. He asks me to talk about my feelings about the differences between the way Maasai treat their cattle and what I saw of how Americans treat their cattle. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/g5t6d_U_lM0″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Jeff also asked me…
Your questions answered (part 2)
Today I thought I would share with you some more of the Lion Guardians’ answers to your questions. Annie from the USA asked us what our favourite things about being Lion Guardians are, and what drew us to become Lion Guardians. Here Melubo tells us that his favourite part of his job is lion tracking,…
Lion attacks cows – we think we know the culprit!
Lion Guardian Melubo has reported that a cow has been killed and two others injured by a lion on a neighboring ranch, to the south of our camp. Melubo thinks that this attack was carried out by Ndelie, the male lion with the GPS collar, which allows us to monitor his movements on the internet.…
Your questions answered (part 1)
We had a very interesting time at the monthly meeting answering your questions. It is interesting to know what kind of things you want to find out more about. Here are the answers to 2 of the questions you asked. Firstly, Pauline asked us: Do the Lion Guardians have contact with murrans from other neighbouring…
Dead hyena found…
A hyena has been found dead in the Chyulu Hills. So far, we are not sure what lead to the death of this hyena. It was quite old when it was found, so hard to see what had caused its death. The photos of the dead hyena are a little gruesome so I will not…
New lions move into the area!
Last week Lion Guardian Ritei reported that lions had been walking very close to his boma. I set off at once to drop off a receiver to him so that he could go tracking and find out whether these were collared lions, or some new ones to the area. After a long follow up, and…