Last year, Kenya lost 62 elephants in five months due to drought, even as the Wildlife Ministry prepared to build water pans in National Parks to prevent further deaths. Najib Balala, the Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary, told parliament that the elephants disappeared between August and December 2021. “From August to December, 62 elephants died […]
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Cheetah pack leader killed by other family members in bloody coup
In a violent coup, an all-male cheetah pack attacked and killed its leader. Because of their predominance in the Maasai Mara natural reserve, Kenya’s Tano Bora cheetah pack, known as “the Magnificent Five” in the Maa language, is regarded as a force to be reckoned with. According to The Australian, big cat experts have been watching this alliance […]
The Last Giraffes on Earth
The giraffe is nearly down. Two men have stretched a thick black rope in front of the animal, to trip her up. The giraffe hits the rope, and the plan seems to be working until she gains a second wind and breaks into a fresh run. Her body sways backward and forward like a rocking […]
‘My land is now owned by lions’: Maasai Mara farmers offer Kenya’s wildlife a lifeline
Parsaloi Kupai’s home, situated on the edge of Ol Kinyei conservancy near the Maasai Mara game reserve, is no different from any other Maasai homestead – oval-shaped huts with an almost flat roof and walls plastered with a mixture of water, mud and cow dung. At the centre of the homestead is a cattleboma, an […]
Urgent action needed to save the lion, king of the jungle in the wild, from slaughter
The king of the jungle could be deposed and vanish from the wild forever unless action is taken to halt its slaughter, a new book warns. The alert comes from wildlife photographers who captured more than 70 images of the majestic beasts in national parks and reserves in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. Remembering Lions […]
Simba’s future depends on putting communities at the forefront of lion conservation (commentary)
This past weekend, Disney’s newly released version of The Lion King shattered box office records by earning $544 million in theaters around the world. But while Simba and Mufasa’s return to the big screen is good news for Disney and summer movie fans, in the quarter-century since the original animated version of The Lion King […]
African Lion vs Cape Buffalo in Maasai Mara contd…
In case you haven’t checked out the first part of this interesting tussle between the African Lion and the Cape Buffaloes, you can read about it here. When the Lion realised that the Buffaloes are getting too close for comfort, it got up and walked straight towards us and hid in the trench nearby. The […]
African Lion vs Cape Buffalo in Maasai Mara
We started our morning game drive in Maasai Mara with the amazing sighting of the African Elephant, which accidentally came our way when we went looking for the Leopard, that we had sighted the previous evening. We then headed towards the area where we had seen the African Lion brothers feasting on the Cape Buffalo […]