Meet Jeneria Lekilelei, a warrior, now considered an elder, from the Samburu tribe in Kenya who aims to protect their lions and shed light on conservation because if there are no lions in Samburu, there’s no life. Let’s save big cats together.

Jeneria Lekilelei is the Director of Community Conservation with Ewaso Lions, an organization dedicated to promoting coexistence between people and lions in Kenya. When he joined Ewaso Lions in 2008 at just 19 years old, Jeneria viewed lions only as killers of livestock. In 2010, Jeneria founded the Warrior Watch program, which encourages young Samburu men, who might otherwise view lions only as predators, to instead become their protectors. The program has engaged dozens of young people in lion conservation, and by 2017 the local lion population had quadrupled.

The National Geographic Society is a global non-profit organisation that uses the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world. In 2009, the National Geographic Society founded the Big Cats Initiative as an effort to halt the decline of big cats in the wild. The Society partners with some of the world’s leading big cat experts, funding on-the-ground research and innovative conservation projects to safeguard big cats and their critical habitats, while leading efforts to bring awareness on the challenges these species face.

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