Kenya’s National Lion and Predator survey
Narok resting in the heat of the day. Photograph by Ami Vitale “If we cannot measure it, we cannot manage it, for how can we conserve...
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Lion Landscapes Blog
Lion Landscapes Blog
"It is the responsibility of scientists never to suppress knowledge, no matter how awkward that knowledge is, no matter how it may bother those in power; we are not smart enough to decide which pieces of knowledge are permissible and which are not." - Carl Sagan
- Aug 8, 2019
- 5 min
Guest post by Love Laikipia
Love Laikipia Visits Lion Landscapes at Loisaba Conservancy A few weeks back I received an invitation by Antonia Leckie, the Project...
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- Jun 17, 2019
- 2 min
Defender
During a particularly exciting week, Lion landscapes were involved in the final stages of field testing of the new Land Rover Defender...
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- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
Meet Mary
Mary Burak is a Ph.D. candidate from Yale University and National Geographic Explorer working in collaboration with Lion Landscapes to...
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- Apr 4, 2019
- 4 min
Our latest research reveals that lions are even better at surviving around people than we thought.
A collared lioness in Laikipia More than half of the world’s remaining lion range is shared with people and livestock. People represent...
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- Feb 22, 2019
- 2 min
Lion Rangers Go Digital
Lion Rangers Learning how to use SMART In January 2019 Lion Landscapes started using a mobile phone application to collect data and...
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- Jan 30, 2019
- 2 min
Linking to LINC
On the 22nd of January a small group from the wider Laikipia area attended a LINC training program run by Nadia de Souza from Lion...
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- Sep 4, 2018
- 2 min
Lion Landscapes Rangers
To promote human-carnivore coexistence in Laikipia, last month Lion Landscapes launched the Lion Landscapes Ranger Program at Loisaba...
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- Jun 16, 2018
- 2 min
New Lion Life in Laikipia
We are delighted to announce lots of new lion life in Laikipia! Narok and Labai, the two lionesses collared in January 2018 for Lion...
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- Jan 3, 2018
- 2 min
Happy 2018!
Something you might not expect from dedicating your life to lion conservation is how little you actually get to see a lion. Lions have...
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- Jun 13, 2017
- 2 min
Innovations to help people and lions live together
As always, we are trying to come up with new ways to help people and lions live together, and currently partnering in some exciting new...
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- Jun 7, 2017
- 1 min
After the cows have gone
While the huge herds of invading Samburu and Pokot cattle have been occupying the commercial ranches of Laikipia, they have impacted on...
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- Apr 13, 2017
- 3 min
Livingstone's response to the Laikipia ranch invasions
Many people will be familiar with the Laikipia land invasion stories by now. The immediate impact on the affected ranches, surrounding...
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- Mar 8, 2017
- 2 min
A good excuse to talk about Pride Lion Conservation Alliance
It is International Woman’s day today. My mum, ever the advocate for equality between the sexes, has been part of a big event where they...
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- Mar 1, 2017
- 4 min
Recent Laikipia land invasions from a lion's perspective
Two days ago, Thomas heard that a lion had been killed in our study area in Laikipia. After a risky investigation during which time he...
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- Feb 11, 2017
- 1 min
Chalisa’s reappearance and collaring
With our partners Ewaso Lions and the University of California Santa Cruz, and with a great deal of help from Lewa Conservancy and...
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- Jan 18, 2017
- 2 min
Livingstone found (and collared)
With our partners Ewaso Lions and University of California, we have just collared our first young male potential disperser! Wow…wait,...
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- Jan 1, 2017
- 2 min
Why did I start Lion Landscapes?
Large carnivores are difficult for people to live with. Let’s face it, most of them are large enough to consider any one of us, our pets,...
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