Yesterday we were out looking for lions with the film crew that are staying with us at the moment, and we heard a strange noise. At first we thought it was a bird, but we followed the sound and as we got closer we discovered it was a cheetah, walking around on the plains and…
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Speared elephant dies
I have some sad news to report. The elephant that was speared died last night. We went to see her this morning, and discovered she was a lactating female. We do not know if she had already given birth, or was pregnant, but either one would explain her unusual behaviour, which caused her to be…
Swiss film crew visit Lion Guardians
For the next two weeks I will be busy with a Swiss television crew who are out here in Kenya to make a documentary about Living with Lions (our umbrella organization) and the Lion Guardians program. They are with us at the moment to find out what we do, and try to see some interesting…
Elephant speared
Yesterday we heard the news that an elephant had been speared four times near the edge of our ranch. We also heard that the scouts that had found the elephant had lost it in the bush, and the pressure was on to find it again. A plane was sent to search for the injured elephant…
End of year party for the Guardians
On the 31st December it was time for our end of month meeting. This meeting was special because it also marked the end of the year. All the Guardians came to camp and told us their news from the last month, and from the whole year. Everyone was happy and the news went well, except…
Leopard attacks at Lenkiloriti
Lion Guardian Kapande has reported that a carnivore has been killing livestock at his place of work Lenkiloriti. According to the community that lives there, the carnivore tracks resemble those of a lion but are smaller. Kapande has not seen the tracks himself, but when he told us the community’s description we all agreed that…
Where are you?
Have you had a look at the map on the right hand side at the bottom of the blog? If you click on the map you can see how many people are reading this blog from all over the world. It is amazing to see that people from so many different places are reading about…
Young child goes missing in the bush
We had a great end of month meeting with our director Leela. All the Guardians shared their reports from the zones that they live and work in. The most shocking news came from Lion Guardian Mokoi, who reported that a child had gone missing out in the bush for 2 days. Here are the Lion…
Carnivores massacre livestock
It is a sad day for Lion Guardian Solonka’s community. Over 10 shoats (sheep and goats) were killed in his area of work with another 10 missing. Solonka was called in to help find the animals, and discovered carcasses all over the area. He found tracks from lions, hyenas and cheetahs around them. Â In…
Lion Guardians Director in camp
It has been a long time since we had the Lion Guardians Director Leela Hazzah in the Chyulus. It is great to have her back in camp and ready to meet all the Lion Guardians and find out their news. Â She has been in the US studying for her PhD for over six months…