Lion Guardians is a conservation organization that promotes the coexistence of people and lions. We have more than 70 East African-based staff working to protect lions on over 4,500 square kilometers (one million acres) of non-protected critical lion habitat across Kenya and Tanzania. We have been able to reduce lion killing at all our sites by 99% and have documented a near tripling of the lion population on the pastoralists’ lands of the Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem.
In 2015 with generous donation we were able to, launch the Lion Identification Network of Collaborators (LINC), a cutting edge technology that has the potential to revolutionize lion conservation on the broad scale. LINC received significant media coverage when it was launched mid-year. We were able to complete the certification of our joint-partnered project site in Ruaha to Lion Guardians standards. We trained and coached 42 rangers and approximately 700 senior managers, dog-handlers, community guides and neighboring community members at Akagera National Park on lion behavior, tracking and monitoring methods to help them overcome their fear of living with lions.
