Lions & the Samburu: Enemies Become Allies

A recent trend of conservation in Africa involves reducing conflict between the wildlife and locals who live in the area. National Geographic Emerging Explorer Shivani Bhalla and her Ewaso Lions team recruits Samburu warriors, like Jeneria Lekilele to track the cats and share the information with local herders so they can bring their cattle elsewhere. Bhalla finds that when fewer cows get killed, fewer lions tend to die in retribution.