Noongoile seen with Titan Jr hidden by long grass in close proximity to a homestead. Photo Roimen Lelya
Noongoile seen with Titan Jr hidden by long grass in close proximity to a homestead. Photo Roimen Lelya

Noongoile seen with Titan Jr hidden by long grass in close proximity to a homestead. Photo Roimen Lelya

With her cubs now juveniles, and her former mate, NguvuKazi, no more (having died in April), Noongoile has been seen in the company of two males: Laipangwa from Ndutu and Titan Jr, one of the Crater’s Lake Quintet coalition.

Despite hailing from inside the Crater, she’s decided to stay out in the community occupied highlands, preferring the Malanja depression and surrounds, often close to people and being watched and protected carefully by Kayanda, Maanda and Masanja, the three Ilchokuti in this area.

While we manage to keep conflict to a minimum, its tough to keep up with her 24/7 on foot. Last week Noongoile killed a large bull all on her own, and in a separate incident her two juvenile females, who have not gone far, killed a donkey.

Noongoile, her large cubs and cohorts, will test our 3 year trial on paying for the lions presence, and we are hoping that we can ensure that the three villages in the Ngorongoro ward will earn more from their lions than they lose through livestock depredations, and that Noongoile is valued as an asset.

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Tanzania is one of the most important countries for the lion’s long-term survival. It has about one-third of the world’s lions, and 3/5 of the remaining large extensive populations (of >2,000 lions each). #Ngorongoro#Communityconservation#Ngorongorocrater#Ngorongoroconservationarea#Lionconservation#Humanwildlifecoexistence#Ngorongorodistrict#Corridoroftolerance ... See MoreSee Less
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An increase in tolerance within pastoralist communities has enabled lions to disperse between the hubs of the Crater and Ndutu. The engagement of the Ngorongoro people to create a ‘corridor of tolerance’ between the crater and the Serengeti, has yielded considerable success and we have seen an average increase of 8% per year in lion observations, since 2017, in areas occupied by people.📸 @breathenaturemia #Ngorongoro#Communityconservation#ngorongorocrater #Ngorongoroconservationarea#Lionconservation#Humanwildlifecoexistence#Ngorongorodistrict#CorridoroftoleranceIUCN Save Our Species @iucnsos EU_Partnership Lion Recovery Fund ... See MoreSee Less
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Our new expansion into Kakesio Ward, increasing lion connectivity through a new corridor of tolerance, is proving useful. Here Julius reports immaculately his lion observations through the month of April. On the file, you can see the name of the lion, the gender, the GPS coordinates and whether the lion was spotted/identified thanks to telemetry, tracks found, hair left behind or visually.#Ngorongoro#Communityconservation#Ngorongorcrater#Ngorongoroconservationarea#Lionconservation#Humanwildlifecoexistence#Ngorongoro@iucnsos #CorridoroftoleranceIUCN Save Our Species @iucnsos ... See MoreSee Less
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