Our team has been supporting the staff working in reserves through fuel provision and rangers rations, the community through water provision, livestock, and wildlife during this tough season. We have continued to survey water levels and lion movements to know where we needed to put in the most effort.
Kura’s Pride – Big news and huge milestones
Kura’s Pride has grown in ways we had never dreamed of. As we began our dog vaccinations, ringfencing an outbreak of canine distemper that had claimed the lives of five endangered wild dogs, we were careful to ask the people living alongside this incredible wildlife how they felt we should grow the programme.
New Warriors – My Reflections
Over time, lions became much more to them. We all got to know these lions together. We drew their faces, marked their whisker spots, tracked them on parched sand along the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro.
Keeping animals wild vs ‘safe’ should be prioritized, lion biologists argue (commentary)
Contrary to what many assume, wilderness does not have to exclude humans: in many places, the rights, cultures, and lives of local people are exactly what maintains wildlife across these vast areas. Human presence does not negate what it means to be wild
The Resiliency of Conservation
GZT and EL have worked together before. They both operate in the same area and employ many of the same conservation techniques. This year, the pandemic forced both groups to adapt. Meetings they once held with locals to reduce conflict with lions now happened in smaller groups
WILD ELEMENTS Foundation launches with unprecedented approach to investing in Women Conservation Leaders
WILD ELEMENTS Foundation will use the power of storytelling to raise the voices of women pioneers paving their own sustainable path forward, changing the world one brilliant program at a time. Deemed WILD Innovators by the Foundation, ten women-led projects from across the globe will be partnered with WILD Advocates (artists and influencers) who will utilize their digital platforms to bring much-needed awareness to new audiences.
Innovator: Resson Kantai Duff, Kenya (Ewaso Lions)
Advocate: Elizabeth Gillies
Becoming a Wild Innovator for Wild Elements
Today, I am thrilled to have become a Wild Innovator with the newly launched WILD ELEMENTS Foundation on behalf of Ewaso Lions. WILD ELEMENTS consists of three unique organizations accelerating conservation efforts and scaling global environmental change by protecting humankind, animalkind, and plantkind.
Our 2020 Annual Report is Out!
We are excited to share with you our 2020 Annual Report as told by the team. Putting together this report has made us realise that there is so much to celebrate despite the crises we all endured together. One of our main highlights has been that a whopping 11 cubs were born last year, and all of them have survived!