#collaringforcoexistence

We explore the conservation of Africa’s most iconic carnivore—the African lion. Once numbering over 200,000, today there are only about 24,000 lions left in the wild, with nearly half living outside protected areas. These majestic predators face a growing number of threats, from habitat loss and prey depletion to illegal wildlife trade and human-wildlife conflict.

Photo by @amivitale. It’s World Lion Day! Here, a lion looks up from his freshly caught prey at @loisaba_conservancy in Laikipia, northern Kenya. Large wide ranging carnivores like lions are normally one of the first mammal species to be lost in areas shared with people and livestock. Their presence in a human dominated landscape like this one is a symbol of a successful coexistence. Apex predators like lions play a vital role in maintaining a healthy balance in an ecosystem, impacting everything below them, from soil nutrients and disease, to plant, prey and scavenger populations. If lions are doing well then the entire ecosystem is likely doing well. In the long term, that means the ecosystem will be better able to support the people that also rely on it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To learn more, follow @lionlandscapes, @loisaba_conservancy, @nature_africa, @peregrinefund and @tusk_org who are working together to promote coexistence between humans and lions for the benefit of people and nature in northern Kenya. Lion conservation is facing huge challenges and no one organisation can solve them alone. Vital partnerships like these make the huge undertaking of saving these magnificent creatures possible. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Shot on assignment for The Nature Conservancy (@nature_africa). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @elewanacollection @nature_org @kenyawildlifeservice @houstonzoo @sandiegozoo #lionlandscapesrangers #peregrinefund #coexistencecoop #collaringforcoexistence #lion #monitoring #conservation #laikipia #livingwithlions #WillsAfricaTrust #WildCRU #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #amivitale (at Loisaba Conservancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDuCbGshebm/?igshid=1wwf4o999uivb

Photo by @amivitale. Students at Ewaso Primary school listen to @lionlandscapes researcher Thomas Mojong teach them about lions outside of @loisaba_conservancy in Laikipia, northern Kenya. Learning about lion ecology, research and management, and how to better protect livestock from lion attacks will help these students become champions for lions within the community and encourage them to seek the means to co-exist with lions. To learn more, follow @lionlandscapes, @loisaba_conservancy, @nature_africa, @peregrinefund and @tusk_org who are working together to promote coexistence between humans and lions for the benefit of people and nature in northern Kenya. Shot on assignment for The Nature Conservancy (@nature_africa). @elewanacollection @nature_org @kenyawildlifeservice @houstonzoo @sandiegozoo #lionlandscapesrangers #theperegrinefund #coexistencecoop #collaringforcoexistence #lion #monitoring #conservation #laikipia #livingwithlions #WillsAfricaTrust #WildCRU #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #amivitale @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa #nikonlove #nikon #d850 #nikonambassador #nikonnofilter https://www.instagram.com/p/BtV0vEgFLqf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vqm8onehpy2u

Photo by @amivitale. Narok, a collared lioness and her young cub, rest in the shrubby grasslands at @loisaba_conservancy in Laikipia, northern Kenya. The collars are carefully fitted to maximize the lion’s comfort. With over 200 collars having been placed in 20 years of research, there has been no sign of injury or negative impact. On the contrary, a collar can save a lion’s life. Satellite collars help groups like @lionlandscapes track the movements of lions living amongst people and livestock. Real-time movement data from these collars teaches us about how lions survive in human-dominated landscapes, and helps us to prevent human-lion conflict by keeping livestock away from known lion locations. And, if a collared lion approaches a livestock enclosure outfitted with an alarm, the alarm will blare, scaring the lion away. With less human-wildlife conflict, all species benefit. To learn more, follow @lionlandscapes, @loisaba_conservancy, @nature_africa, @peregrinefund and @tusk_org who are working together to promote coexistence between humans and lions for the benefit of people and nature in northern Kenya. Shot on assignment for The Nature Conservancy (@nature_africa). @elewanacollection @nature_org @kenyawildlifeservice @houstonzoo @sandiegozoo #lionlandscapesrangers #savannahtracking #theperegrinefund #coexistencecoop #collaringforcoexistence #lion #monitoring #conservation #laikipia #livingwithlions #WillsAfricaTrust #WildCRU #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #amivitale @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa #nikonlove #nikon #d850 #nikonambassador #nikonnofilter (at Loisaba Conservancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtQ627blzKK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i7eb0ajwt8rm

Photo by @amivitale. Isaak Kosgei looks into the darkness inside a boma (enclosure) at @loisaba_conservancy in Laikipia, northern Kenya. Behind him is an alarm developed by Savannah Tracking, which will blast sound and flash lights when a lion collared by @lionlandscapes approaches. On his phone, is an app developed by @savetheelephants and @Vulcan that gives him access to real time collared lion movements. Knowing where lions are and providing non-violent methods to scare them away promotes a peaceful coexistence. To learn more, follow @lionlandscapes, @loisaba_conservancy, @nature_africa, @peregrinefund and @tusk_org who are working together to promote coexistence between humans and lions for the benefit of people and nature in northern Kenya. Shot on assignment for The Nature Conservancy (@nature_africa). @elewanacollection @nature_org @kenyawildlifeservice @houstonzoo @sandiegozoo #savannahtracking #lionlandscapesrangers #theperegrinefund #coexistencecoop #collaringforcoexistence #lion #monitoring #conservation #laikipia #livingwithlions #WillsAfricaTrust #WildCRU #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #amivitale @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa #nikonlove #nikon #d850 #nikonambassador #nikonnofilter (at Loisaba Conservancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtTTDt-lhby/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ngkvw99eq2n8

Photo by @amivitale. Loyanae Lonolngiro herds livestock outside of the enclosure where the animals sleep at night with a lion alarm outfitted by @lionlandscapes at @loisaba_conservancy in Laikipia, northern Kenya. In Laikipia, livestock owners have found and are finding ways to coexist with lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs. They are amazing for doing this. We owe them enormous gratitude for being so tolerant in the face of threats to their livelihoods and even their lives. @lionlandscapes works to support these livestock owners wherever possible. Among other undertakings, @lionlandscapes Rangers are trained to visit livestock enclosures, spot practices that could make livestock vulnerable to lion attacks and help livestock owners better guard their livestock from lions. To learn more, follow @lionlandscapes, @loisaba_conservancy, @nature_africa, @peregrinefund and @tusk_org who are working together to promote coexistence between humans and lions for the benefit of people and nature in northern Kenya. Shot on assignment for The Nature Conservancy (@nature_africa). @elewanacollection @nature_oro @kenyawildlifeservice @houstonzoo @sandiegozoo #lionlandscapesrangers #savannahtracking #theperegrinefund #coexistencecoop #collaringforcoexistence #lion #monitoring #conservation #laikipia #livingwithlions #WillsAfricaTrust #WildCRU #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #amivitale @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa #nikonlove #nikon #d850 #nikonambassador #nikonnofilter (at Loisaba Conservancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtOTMorFZGU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=158emuzujunhc

Photo by @amivitale. A lion looks up from his freshly caught wild prey at @loisaba_conservancy in Laikipia, northern Kenya. Large wide ranging carnivores like lions are normally one of the first mammal species to be lost in areas shared with people and livestock. Their presence in a human dominated landscape like this one is a symbol of a successful coexistence. Apex predators like lions play a vital role in maintaining a healthy balance in an ecosystem, impacting everything below them, from soil nutrients and disease, to plant, prey and scavenger populations. If lions are doing well then the entire ecosystem is likely doing well. In the long term, that means the ecosystem will be better able to support the people that also rely on it. To learn more, follow @lionlandscapes, @loisaba_conservancy, @nature_africa, @peregrinefund and @tusk_org who are working together to promote coexistence between humans and lions for the benefit of people and nature in northern Kenya. Lion conservation is facing huge challenges and no one organisation can solve them alone. Vital partnerships like these make the huge undertaking of saving these magnificent creatures possible. Shot on assignment for The Nature Conservancy (@nature_africa). @elewanacollection @nature_org @kenyawildlifeservice @houstonzoo @sandiegozoo #lionlandscapesrangers #peregrinefund #coexistencecoop #collaringforcoexistence #lion #monitoring #conservation #laikipia #livingwithlions #WillsAfricaTrust #WildCRU #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #amivitale https://www.instagram.com/p/BtD_ua5l-GY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5xc7i76bk1z4

Photo by @amivitale. This Giving Tuesday, please join me in supporting some of the incredible organizations working around the world to help protect our wildlife. Right now, @lionlandscapes, @loisaba_conservancy, @nature_africa, @ThePeregrineFund and @Tusk_org are working together to reduce conflict between humans and lions for the benefit of people and nature in northern Kenya. Follow these and other wonderful organizations from around the world to support and learn more about these initiatives. @kenyawildlifeservice @tusk_org @nature_africa @nature_org @houstonzoo @sandiegozoo @savetheelephant @loisaba_conservancy #lionlandscapesrangers #theperegrinefund #coexistencecoop #collaringforcoexistence #lion #monitoring #conservation #laikipia #livingwithlions #WillsAfricaTrust #UniversityofOxfordWildCRU #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #amivitale (at Kenya) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqtkWIGF00M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=26q71rr09aa3