Thank you Sauwah, Brenton and Anna! You have now raised our Lion Guardian Games total to $250! Only $750 more to go! The Lion Guardians are all talking about who will win which event, and which ranch has the better singers, jumpers and stick throwers! All the Guardians from each ranch are deciding on the…
Owen and Sheri kick off the Lion Guardian Games campaign!
We are delighted that Owen and Sheri Hogle have donated $100, and started the climb up our Lion Guardian Games thermometer! Thank you so much! Let’s try and spread the word about the first ever Lion Guardians Games and Awards, and get to the top as soon as we can! The Games will involve competitions…
Lion Guardian Games and Awards
As you may know we now have Lion Guardians monitoring and conserving lions on three Group Ranches across the Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem – Mbirikani (where the project started), and now Eselenkei and Olgulului Group Ranches. These ranches combined are about 4000km², and hold key habitats for the last remaining lions of southern Kenya. The Guardians are…
The Lion Guardians expansion continues!
We are very pleased to announce that the Lion Guardians project has now officially expanded into Olgulului Group Ranch! The Group Ranch which surrounds the world famous Amboseli National Park is a huge area of communal land which also borders Eselenkei Group Ranch to the North, and Mbirikani to the East, where we already have…
Lion poisoning
We were all shocked and saddened to read that a child recently died in Kenya from eating Furadan. We, along with Wildlife Direct and many many others have been trying to raise awareness about the poisonous affects of Furadan for a long time now. Visit the Baraza blog to watch their video about the poisoning…
Thank you to our fantastic donors!
The Lion Guardians would like to thank each and every one of you that has donated on our blog recently. We are sending out our deepest gratitude to: Aleta W Amy B Anne C Black C Brenton H Bruce L Cindy C Delineations (Kate A!) Hashi H Jacqueline H Jessica F John R Joyce N…
New lions kill giraffe
Lion Guardian Olubi reported that lions had killed a giraffe in his area of work, but he had not found a signal when using radio telemetry to track for collared lions. We went over to investigate, and Olubi and Mokoi guided us to the carcass. The Lion Guardians could easily tell it been killed by…
Mice in the oven!
Last night the Lion Camp received yet another visit from some naughty elephants, though they didn’t cause too much destruction this time, only knocking over the water container. We are also still getting regular nightly visits from our friend the genet.. ..and this morning the lion camp had even more animal visitors in the kitchen…
Christmas cards – important info!
If you have bought any Lion Guardians Christmas cards, please note: You MUST make a written order for the cards by posting a comment on the blog after you have donated. This is the only way that we can get access to your email address, and find out the postal address you would like the…
Lion Guardians Christmas Cards!
I would once again like to remind all our readers that you can buy lovely Lion Guardians Christmas cards right here on the blog! All the profits go to the Lion Guardians, so please, wherever you are in the world, buy as many as you can and tell all your friends about them too! Maybe…