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Special Report: Visiting the Niassa Lion Project in Mozambique
This month, members of the Ewaso Lions team traveled to Mozambique to visit the Niassa Lion Project, which is working with local people to conserve the region’s lion population while also improving livelihoods. Our time was full of invaluable experiences from tracking lions, to learning from their livestock breeding program, to joining anti-poaching patrols. Read on to see photos and discover what has bound our two teams together across these two African countries.
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 Carnivores Thrive in Dry Season
The dry season has arrived in northern Kenya. Grass is gone, the Ewaso Nyiro River is low, people are struggle to graze their livestock. But the region’s large carnivores – lions, leopards, wild dogs, and others – are coping very well. View amazing photos of our recent encounters like this leopard.
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 Building a Network of Warriors for Conservation
Members of Warrior Watch visited warriors working with the Grevy’s Zebra Trust to the north in Laisamis. By sharing knowledge and experiences about working in conservation across different areas, these Samburu warriors are creating a large-scale network of pro-conservation communities.
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 Lions Prey on Aardvark
Seeing an aardvark is a rare sighting. But, seeing lions kill and feed on an aardvark is even more unusual. We recently came across Nanai, Nabulu, and their 5 cubs feeding on an aardvark in Samburu and photographed the event.
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 New Guides Added to Lion Watch
Ewaso Lions trained 7 more safari guides to join our Lion Watch program, bringing the total number of trained Guides to 20. This unique partnership between conservation and tourism contributes to lion population data while also enhancing the safari experience for tourists. The 2-day training session covered ecology, conservation, identifying and aging lions, and data collection.
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USA: Wildlife Conservation Network, 209 Mississippi St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
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All photos © Ewaso Lions. Lion Watch Guides by Tony Allport. Cubs by Clio Maggi. |
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