Amara Conservation - 2005 - Orphaned Lion Update

Orphaned Lion Update
Rescue, Rehabilitation and
Reintroduction Program
From the March 2005 Newsletter

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Amara recently began working in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service and Mugie Ranch to help rescue and gradually rehabilitate orphaned lion cubs found trapped in a pit in Northern Kenya, and taken to Nairobi. This project would not have been possible without considerable financial assistance from the Wildize Foundation and Eli Weiss in Aspen, Colorado, who helped fund the construction of a large holding facility available for large predator rehabilitations in the future, and who we are happy to welcome as partners in this effort!

The veterinarians from the Kenya Wildlife Service were able to successfully move two of the lions from their dingy quarantine facilities back up into the wilds on Mugie Ranch and under the stars for the first time in a long time. Unfortunately the male lion died during the process which is often a risk when handling wild animals that have been brought into captivity. There are now two females left in the group which we hope will make their eventual release back into the wild and acceptance into a pride easier. The rehabilitation process will take from six months to a year and require considerable assistance in order to ensure meaningful success.