Photo by @amivitale. Narok, a collared lioness and her young cub, rest in the shrubby grasslands at @loisaba_conservancy in Laikipia, northern Kenya. The collars are carefully fitted to maximize the lion’s comfort. With over 200 collars having been placed in 20 years of research, there has been no sign of injury or negative impact. On the contrary, a collar can save a lion’s life. Satellite collars help groups like @lionlandscapes track the movements of lions living amongst people and livestock. Real-time movement data from these collars teaches us about how lions survive in human-dominated landscapes, and helps us to prevent human-lion conflict by keeping livestock away from known lion locations. And, if a collared lion approaches a livestock enclosure outfitted with an alarm, the alarm will blare, scaring the lion away. With less human-wildlife conflict, all species benefit. To learn more, follow @lionlandscapes, @loisaba_conservancy, @nature_africa, @peregrinefund and @tusk_org who are working together to promote coexistence between humans and lions for the benefit of people and nature in northern Kenya. Shot on assignment for The Nature Conservancy (@nature_africa). @elewanacollection @nature_org @kenyawildlifeservice @houstonzoo @sandiegozoo #lionlandscapesrangers #savannahtracking #theperegrinefund #coexistencecoop #collaringforcoexistence #lion #monitoring #conservation #laikipia #livingwithlions #WillsAfricaTrust #WildCRU #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #amivitale @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa #nikonlove #nikon #d850 #nikonambassador #nikonnofilter (at Loisaba Conservancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtQ627blzKK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i7eb0ajwt8rm
