Eric tells us of another successful day for the Lion Guardians: Yesterday we received 2 interesting reports from Lion Guardians on Mbirikani – Mushaga and Kapande. We started off the day by responding to Kapande’s report of a lion that he had tracked on foot. We met Kapande and with radio tracking gear we immediately…
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Lions in Times Square!
For the next 62 days, Panthera who support the work of the Lion Guardians, will bring attention to the plight of wild cats by showing a video on the billboard in Times Square! For the remaining days of this campaign, any donation you make to Panthera to save wild cats will be matched dollar for…
Lions and their cubs doing well!
Eric tells us how well the two beautiful lionesses Selenkay and Elikan are doing: Despite the sudden demise of their friend Narika, Selenkay and Elikan have been doing just fine. They must have initially been shocked and surprised at the unexplained absence of their sister but they seem to have settled well into life without…
Lomunyak is back (and we reveal a secret about him!)
Lion Guardian Eric tells us of his joy at hearing the news that mighty male lion Lomunyak has returned to his territory: After disappearing for 3 whole weeks without trace, Lomunyak has returned back to his territory in Mbirikani Group Ranch. Maybe he was upset and shocked by the sudden absence of Narika and decided…
Pride male Lomunyak in constant search for Narika
This is Eric reporting from the field after the sad death of lioness Narika: In what has truly broken my heart, Lomunyak the proud male lion of Narika’s small pride and father of her cubs has been tirelessly looking for her after she was killed. Lomunyak’s tracks have been found practically all over his territory, revealing a strong…
Conflict is high, final chance to donate through Wildlife Direct
Hello and thank you to all our blog readers and Wildlife Direct donors. This is the final day of making donations through Wildlife Direct, so please give generously! From 1st April donations through this blog will be directed through our partners Panthera. Through them we will get the full 100% of your donations, which is…
IMPORTANT changes to how you donate to Lion Guardians
From 30th March onwards, Wildlife Direct will no longer be accepting donations on behalf of the conservation groups that blog with them, like the Lion Guardians. But don’t worry! You will still be able to get all the latest news from the lions and their Guardians right here on the Lion Guardians Wildlife Direct blog,…
Peaceful elections – now that’s the way to do it!
Eselenkei and Olgulului’s Lion Guardians Coordinator Eric, tells about the committee elections on Eselenkei Group Ranch, and why they are so different and special. Eselenkei Group Ranch was officially declared in 1983. It covers 74,794 hectares and has around 2000 registered members. It is communally owned, predominantly by pastoralist Maasai and is situated to the…
A drag of lion evidence
During the Lion Guardians’ duties of monitoring lions around their communities and surrounding zones, their skills and knowledge are fine tuned to locate evidence of these predators, which would remain unseen to the untrained eye. Evidence of lions can come in a variety of ways, for example hearing them roar at night and following that…
Children learn about Lion Guardians
Pupils at a school in the UK were given a talk and slideshow about the Lion Guardians project, by Lion Guardians team members Amy and Philip. They told them about the problems that lions are facing in Maasailand, and also about the Maasai people, their way of life, and why there is conflict between the Maasai…