It was once a rite of passage for warriors to kill lions to prove their bravery, but now the Maasai community works to protect them. Empaps (Meshack) Sayialel, Maasai The Maasai have a long ...
A young male lion was one of three members of Kenya’s famous Marsh Pride to die in 2015 after eating a cow carcass that Maasai herders had laced with carbosulfan, an insecticide. The lions had ...
But conservation begins at home, among people for whom the sublime and terrifying wildness of a lion is no dream. One set of such people are the Maasai who inhabit group ranches bordering Amboseli ...
A lion in the Maasai Mara. The next morning a wildlife drive and extravagant breakfast are featured followed by a visit to a Maasai village to observe local traditions and participate in warrior ...
As recently as forty years ago most sections of the Maasai were seminomadic and relatively ... a sedentary lifestyle The Chairman and the Lions introduces Frank Kaipai Ikoyo a charismatic ...
and the Gabra who live in the north Maasai warriors who are yet to kill a lion wear huge enkuraru ostrich feather headdresses for ceremonies Samburu men wear theirs with piles of beads and paint ...
Planet Earth Live Specials, A Lion's Tale In pictures: A Lion's Tale A closer look at the lions we followed in the Masai Mara, and featured in this episode.