Over the last year, in our spiritual heartland of Meru in Kenya, where Elsa the lioness returned home to the wild, our lion conservation team drove a total of 10,000 miles to collect thousands of hours of vital lion data and intel. Aided by 40 new camera traps, the teams huge efforts paid off, with 65 lions identified, including ten new lion cubs, and two lions rescued from deadly wire snares.
Meanwhile in Amboseli, Kenya, we have reinforced 357 predator-proof livestock ‘bomas’ since 2010. These bomas support 7,500 local people, protect 100,000 cattle and goats, and have lead to a complete reduction in retaliatory lion killings, allowing the lion population to grow 182%, now standing at over 140 lions. Overall, Kenya has reported a 25% lion increase to over 2,500, since our lion conservation work began there 12 years ago!
