The Angama Foundation has partnered with the Mara Predator Conservation Programme on its Collars for Conservation initiative.
Ten lions will be collared in Kenya’s Maasai Mara region in an effort to better understand the predators’ movements and, in particular, where, when and how they come into conflict with nearby human settlements.
The non-profit foundation is predominantly supported by donations from guests at Angama Mara and has so far funded the deployment of two collars in the Mara Triangle. The first was fitted on an adult lioness on September 17 and the second is to be fitted on a sub-adult male in the coming weeks.
The lioness is one of four females in the Angama Pride. At least two lions from this pride have been killed in incidents arising from human-wildlife conflict. The collar on this female will help protect the communities and their livelihoods, while at the same time protecting the lions.
“In recent years, the Angama Foundation has compensated the communities with more than US$20 000 per year for livestock lost to predators. If we understand the movements of the lion prides into community land right on the border of the reserve, then we have a better chance of preventing that conflict in the first place,” said Angama Co-Founder, Steve Mitchell.
