Conservation group Lion Landscapes is working in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, to help the Barabaig people protect the big cats that live there.
In central Tanzania, the Barabaig people share their home with a dangerous predator. As a traditional pastoral community, livestock is vital to the Barabaig, but around Ruaha National Park, lions threaten their animals, their livelihoods, and sometimes even their lives.
Historically, the tribe would track and kill lions that posed a threat to their community -- but with populations of the big cat dwindling, a group of conservationists are now helping Barabaig warriors to protect the lions they once hunted.Human and big cat conflictLions are classified as vulnerable, with a population of less than 40,000.
Tribal warriors become lion defenders 03:49Tanzania is home to an estimated 50% of the lion population in sub-Saharan Africa, but conflict is rife between lions and the people who live alongside them. Last year, three children looking for lost cattle were killed in a lion attack near the Ngorongoro conservation area in Northern Tanzania.Read More"These kinds of instances are sadly not that uncommon," says Dickman.
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