By Alexandra Hostetter | Director of Development
It’s not often that zero is the highest mark of achievement.
In this case, zero is the magic number.
In 2018, for the second year in a row, zero lions were killed in violation of Big Life Foundation’s Predator Compensation Fund (PCF). This number represents an extraordinary accomplishment in an ecosystem where humans and wildlife are in daily competition for limited resources, with less and less space to share.
In addition to the PCF, which helps to reduce the motivation for retaliatory killing in response to livestock depredation, this success can also be attributed to several factors such as Big Life’s Maasai Olympics, which has helped replace the long-held Maasai tradition of lion hunting, as well as Big Life’s close coordination with the local community and ecosystem partners like Lion Guardians and Kenya Wildlife Service.
The reward for this hard work? Lions, like the one pictured above, peacefully relaxing on the open plains. A sight that was virtually nonexistent not so long ago.
As the lion population in the Greater Amboseli ecosystem continues to grow, Big Life is dedicated to ensuring our predator protection work continues to earn high marks. And in doing so, our hope is that lions are forever a part of East Africa’s treasured landscape.
Thank you to our donors and partners for being part of the solution to save these iconic cats.
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