We’re delighted to announce that through KopeLion has received a grant from @insidenatgeo, through Ingela Jansson, our Co-founder, and Nat Geo Explorer. With a goal to support the long term viability of lions across the Greater Serengeti ecosystem, its focus will be on expanding our work with the addition of an Ilchokuti zone, building our Ilchokutis’ skills to further assist in their communities with animal health, wound treatment, basic first aid, and to support the monitoring of lions recovering and settling their former habitats in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
We’re also grateful for the generous support over the last few months from the Protection of at Risk Wildlife (PAW) Foundation, to Maliasili Initiatives, and to Puneet and his family, and to NABU for a renewed three-year grant specifically supporting lion monitoring and conflict mitigation.

We’re excited about a new initiative with Milkywire – ‘a new way to discover, connect and donate to grassroots organisations saving the planet’ – where Ololotu will be the face of KopeLion.
And, we are hugely thankful to all the many, many people (Rex Rogers, Rosemary Osmond, Dale Anderson, Daniela Sieff, Christa Sprinkle, Lara Behr to name but a few…) who big-heartedly support us in all sorts of different ways.

We couldn’t do it without you! Thank you!

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KopeLion Inc. (short for Korongoro People’s Lion Initiative) is a non-profit NGO registered in USA

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Kope Lion
Linking Lions and Uplifting Livelihoods.Coexistence and Connectivity in NgorongoroThank you for supporting our workwww.kopelion.org/donate#GivingTuesday ... See MoreSee Less
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This is one of the lions we now see in Kakesio, having established the second corridor of tolerance.This handsome male was picked up by his tracks, by our Ilchokuti and the community, and then a night call up. He's wily, but we're still hopeful that we manage to put a GPS collar on him and see where life takes him and his genes!Photo: Emmanuel Lufilisha. #corridoroftolerance #humanlioncoexistence #communityconservation #ngorongoroconservationarea #ngorongoro The Donald Slavik Family Foundation @iucnsos @eu_partnerships @lionrecoveryfund ... See MoreSee Less
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These two 5 yr old males have been with the Twin Hill pride since 2021.Originally from the Crater Lakes pride, they are a credit to the tolerance of pastoralist communities in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the success of KopeLion's conflict mitigation work, resulting in connecting the lion hubs of the Crater and Ndutu.Photo: Emmanuel Lufilisha @pman1056 your Buddah! #ngorongoroconservationarea #ngorongorolions #kopelion #livingwithlions #communityconservation #ngorongorocrater #lionconservation #humanwildlifecoexistence #corridotoftolerance #ngorongoro #ndutu ... See MoreSee Less
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