Over the past two weeks the Lion Rangers, in partnership with MEFT Regional Services and Game Capture staff, collared six lions (one male and three females) along the boundary of Etosha National Park and within the communal areas of northwest Namibia. These operations, requested by MEFT, are an important part of continuing to limit human-lion conflict and secure the desert-adapted lion population.
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Over the past week the Lion Rangers, partnering with Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Game Capture and Regional Services staff, recollared the lioness XPL-139 in the Anabeb Conservancy. Following the Northwest Lion Population Survey, the Lion Rangers and MEFT Regional Services have put a renewed emphasis on re-collaring lions inhabiting communal lands, particularly those living close to farming areas. XPL-139, along with her pride-mates XPL-137 and XPL-138 have consistently stayed close to the Okomimuno farming area of Anabeb.
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African Studies Review has published a new research article by Lion Ranger co-founder John Heydinger, entitled “Human-Lion Conflict and the Reproduction of White Supremacy in the Northwest Namibia.” This historically-focused paper looks at how humans and lions have interacted on pastoral and within protected area land, in northwest Namibia, from the beginning of the colonial period to independence. This article is part of Heydinger’s broader historical research on the northwest, focusing on human-lion interactions, but also touching issues of colonial-era science and politics, socioeconomics, and local cultures.
The complete article is available here.
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