• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Leo Foundation

Dedicated to saving large carnivores

  • About Us
    • Prof. Dr. Hans de Iongh
    • Laura Bertola PhD
    • Barbara Croes
    • Shekhar Kolipaka PhD
    • Elise Bakker MSc.
    • Christiaan van der Hoeven PhD
    • Mark van der Wal
  • Projects
    • Lion distribution in relation to human conflict areas
    • Lions in West and Central Africa
      • Cameroon, Nigeria and Tchad
      • Benin
      • Senegal
    • Lions in East Africa
    • Hyenas in Africa
    • The Large Carnivore Initiative
      • Organisation
      • Collaboration
      • Documentation
      • African wild dog / Lycaon
      • Cheetah / Guépard
      • Striped hyaena / Hyène rayée
      • Spotted hyaena / Hyène tachetée
      • Lion
      • Leopard / Léopard
    • Carnivores in Asia
      • Leopards in Nepal
      • Fishing cats in Nepal
      • Tigers in India
  • Partners
  • Financial Support
    • Fundraising
    • Your support
  • Library
    • News
    • Documents
    • Gallery
  • Contact us
  • Nederlands
HomeLibraryNews

News

New success for Nairobi Lion Project

08.30.16

To follow the movements of lions in and outside Nairobi National Park we have fitted some animals with satellite collars. In July 2016 a new successful collaring took place. Quite special as our partner Kenya Wildlife Service requested the collaring of one specific lioness. A real challenge to locate, sedate and collar her. Luckily we had her full cooperation. Read More

Study trip to Botswana

08.04.16

In the first week of July, three lion researchers from West and Central Africa made a study trip to Botswana. Originally, these researchers were planning to participate in the meeting of the  (African Lion Working Group), which took place earlier this year in Botswana. Unfortunately, it was impossible to arrange the visa in time for the meeting, and the trip was postponed to July.Read More

Leo Foundation collaborates in pioneer research in Sena Oura National Park in Chad

07.08.16

Since 2016 we conduct research in Sena Oura National Park in Chad. The park borders with Bouba Ndjida National Park in Cameroon, where we study the lion populations for several years now. The expansion to Chad falls under the “Large Carnivore Project” that we carry out in collaboration with Ecole de Faune and GIZ. We look back on a pleasant acquintaince with local people and park management, with good prospects for future research.Read More

Poaching affects lion population in Bouba Ndjida NP, Cameroon

06.12.16

Over the last years, poaching has become an increasing threat to wildlife in the Central African country of Cameroon. In Bouba Ndjida National Park, one of our research areas, we are now regularly confronted with snared and injured animals. With the help of the government and partner organisations, we were able to support two missions for the capture and treatment of these injured lions.Read More

Chasin’ Group donates € 5000 for Nairobi Lion Project

05.15.16

Recently the Leo Foundation received a donation of € 5000 from Chasin’ Group in Duiven for our Nairobi Lion project.Read More

Increase in lion-livestock conflicts around Nairobi Nationa Park (Kenya). Leo Foundation assists with the collaring of two lions.

03.13.16

 

Nairobi National Park is located directly beneath Kenya´s capital city Nairobi. It is home to many large mammals such as giraffes, zebras and lions. While it it borders the city on the north side, in the south it touches a densely populated agricultural area. There also live many farmers in the area. Because people and wildlife are living in close quarters to each other, chances of conflict are high. At the moment Kenya suffers a prolonged period of heavy rainfall, due to El Niño. As a result, almost all prey species left the park as sufficient food is available everywhere. This requires lions to adapt their diet to eating cattle, which in turns increases lion-livestock conflicts.Read More

New classification of lion subspecies accepted in US

01.24.16

The United States government (US Fish and Wildlife Services) accepted the proposal of IUCN for a new classification of lion subspecies. The new subspecies are: Panthera leo leo for lions in West and Central Africa and India and Panthera leo melanochaita for lions in East and southern Africa. This has consequences for the protection status of wild lion populations. Read More

Children’s Bushcamp 2015

11.24.15

July 29th, 2015 – Garoua. We planned it for quite a while, but it was finally time. From April 26th to May 2nd, we held our first Children’s Bushcamp in Bénoué National Park in Cameroon. About 240 pupils from 8 primary and secondary schools around Bénoué National Park participated. In 1,5 days, each group learned about their natural environment and its plants and animals.Read More

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 5
  • Go to page 6
  • Go to page 7

sidebar

Blog Sidebar

Facebook

Search

Leo Foundation

Dedicated to saving large carnivores

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Shekhar Kolipaka PhD
    • Elise Bakker
  • Contact us
  • Nederlands

Leo Foundation, All Rights Reserved

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings.

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.

3rd Party Cookies

This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.

Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!