Ewaso Lions

Ewaso Lions conserves Kenya’s lions and other large carnivores by promoting coexistence between people and wildlife.

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@myfahlo Our team continues to monitor both females and their cubs closely as this critical early stage continues.

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#EwasoLions #NanaiPride #LionConservation #LionMonitoring #CommunityLedConservation

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Last month, our lion monitoring team closely monitored Naraya and Najungu (both from Nanai’s Pride), whether alone, at joint kills, or with their own cubs.

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@myfahlo Lionesses sometimes share kills. Witnessing two mothers, both of whom our team has followed through pregnancy, birth, and the anxious early weeks of cub survival, feed together on the same carcass shows the work paying off.

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El Niño brings its own risks: flooding, erosion, unpredictable conditions. But a landscape prepared with grass seed banks and native grass cover is a landscape that can absorb what is coming rather than be overwhelmed by it.

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Everyone is talking about El Niño & the #MamaSimba are preparing for it.

They have been building lokeres (grass seed banks) allowing native grasses to establish & eventually regenerate the ground cover that has been lost to drought, overgrazing & invasive species.

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Over the past few months, Mama Simba added 10 new semicircular bunds, bringing the total to over 100 & giving the landscape the best possible chance to capture every raindrop that falls. When the rains hit, the lokeres hold the water long enough for grass seeds to take root.

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📅 October 10th, 2026 | 10 AM – 5 PM PST
📍 Mission Bay Conference Centre, 1675 Owens St, San Francisco, CA
🎟️ Get your tickets: ​https://t.co/rrcNqs0GZx

We cannot wait to see you there.

#WCNExpo #EwasoLions #WildlifeConservation #SFEvents #ConservationBiology

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We will be in San Francisco!

On Oct. 10, our very own Jeneria and Evanson will be at the #WCNExpo, joining @wildnetorg's global community of conservationists, wildlife enthusiasts, experts, and philanthropists for one of the year's biggest conservation gatherings.

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Come celebrate what is possible when communities lead #conservation, ask us what it actually takes to protect lions in northern #Kenya, and connect with a room full of people who care as deeply as you do.

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We were inspired to see some community members bring their animals on motorbikes!

The Mobile Veterinary Unit is a partnership w/ the @SamburuCountyKE Department of Veterinary Services, Animal Care Centre, @vetinwild, and the Foundation for International Aid to Animals.

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804 Animals in 4 Days!

Our Annual Kalama Vaccination & Population Control Campaign has wrapped up in August.

Over 4 intensive days, our team moved through various locations in Kalama Conservancy & by the time we packed up and headed home, here is what we had achieved:

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🐕 804 dogs & cats vaccinated
✂️ 27 dogs & cats sterilised

This campaign was not without its challenges. Drought conditions meant many dogs had moved out w/ livestock, making them harder to reach. Our team covered extraordinary ground; a quiet testament to their dedication.

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We shared all of this and more with fellow #carnivore researchers from across the landscape in July during the Laikipia-Isiolo-Samburu (LIS) Carnivore workshop, because keeping track of all the lions requires collaboration, partnerships and information sharing.

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A lion does not know where one Conservancy ends, and the next begins.

3 of our collared lions proved it this year, ranging 1,000–1,400km each over 6 months. We are now monitoring 50+ lions regularly across Samburu & Isiolo, including collared lionesses #Ngarsis & #Naraya.

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Samburu National Reserve alone made up 63.7% of our sightings, a reminder of how much life the Reserve holds, and how far these #lions travel beyond it.

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1,094 invasive Mathenge species gone. The toothbrush tree and other indigenous species goes in next. Follow this update coming soon.

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#MamaSimba #HabitatRecovery #Mathenge #InvasiveSpecies

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1094!

That is how many invasive Mathenge species the #MamaSimba team has removed from Westgate’s Conservation Area over the past 2 months. Not in one dramatic week but steadily, consistently through July & August.

Some days it was 57. Some days it was 179. Some days 580.

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Mathenge, Prosopis juliflora is an invasive species that has been spreading across key lion habitats on this landscape for years, replacing indigenous vegetation, reducing hunting cover for lions, and gradually reshaping an ecosystem that once looked very different.

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We are extremely grateful to our sponsors for enabling this to happen.

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#EwasoLions #LionKidsCamp #ReunionCamp #CommunityLedConservation

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In August, we brought together 28 alumni from Nyeri and Isiolo counties for our 3rd Reunion Camp of the year.

For our Nyeri County alumni, this was their first time back at Lion Kids Camp since 2014. Over a decade.

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Our Isiolo alumni brought their own kind of magic to the weekend, reconnecting with the experience in a different season of their lives, with new eyes and a deeper appreciation for what this work means.

155 young adults have returned so far to our Reunion Camps.

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