David Attenborough.”-”The world renowned naturalist spent the day conversing with the Lion Guardians

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-”For the rest of the team, the highlight of the shoot came with the arrival of Sir David Attenborough.”-”The world renowned naturalist spent the day conversing with the Lion Guardians about their unique approach to lion conservation and accompanied the team to one of the Lion Guardians’ bomas to witness the presentation of (and reactions to) our newly minted identification cards of the Lions of the Amboseli Ecosystem, which we hope will breed even more familiarity between the local Maasai and the lions that share their ecosystem.”
http://lionguardians.wildlifedirect.org/2013/02/05/lion-guardians-featured-in-the-new-bbc-nature-series-africa/

Lion Guardians featured in the new BBC Nature series “Africa” – Lion Guardians

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We are pleased to share the news that the Lion Guardians program will be featured in an upcoming episode of the BBC series Africa (February 6th in the U.K. and Februrary 9th in the U.S.). Inclusion in any BBC Nature program is a great honor but we are especially proud to be featured in Episode Six,…

 

Panthera’s next film about the Lion Guardians – Maasai warriors who now are working to protect lions in Kenya.

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Check out this great MongaBay interview w/ Panthera‘s VP, Andrea Heydlauff, where she discusses the making of “My Pantanal,” a short film about a boy who lives on a conservation ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal @ http://bit.ly/11EmJ7h Learn more about upcoming My Pantanal screenings & Andrea’s plans for Panthera’s next film about the Lion Guardians – Maasai warriors who now are working to protect lions in Kenya.

 

A trophy hunting/thrill killing company could sign a deal which could force up to 48,000 members of Africa’s famous Maasai tribe from their land to make way for trophy hunters to shoot lions, leopards and many more animals for fun.

A trophy hunting/thrill killing company could sign a deal which could force up to 48,000 members of Africa’s famous Maasai tribe from their land to make way for trophy hunters to shoot lions, leopards and many more animals for fun.The Tanzanian government is denying that this is going to happen, but have made NO promises that the Massai people will not lose their land. We need to keep pressure on for a Presidential promise that no Maasai people in Loliondo will lose access to any of the lands they rely on.

Mzee Orosikos, a Maasai elder from Loliondo in Northern Tanzania said: “Many of us would rather die than be forced to move again.”Read more on the story from Avaaz here: http://www.facebook.com/notes/avaaz/stop-the-serengeti-sell-off/10151246044966719

You can help here by going to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Facebook page and leave a comment on their wall.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ministry-of-Natural-Resources-and-Tourism-Tanzania/214617361925291

There is also a petition you can sign (900,000+ signatures already): http://avaaz.org/en/save_the_maasai/?fb_n