Meet Peter…
… using GPS coordinates to locate the point where lion were reported in one of the subvillages in Sitalike village outside of Katavi National Park. Peter works as a Lion Conservation Ambassador for Sitalike Village to guard and operate an early warning loud speaker system for information disseminating about lion and other wildlife that could pose a threat to the villages. He is passionate about his responsibility to warn on possible animal encounters in the village, significantly reducing possibilities for human-lion conflicts occurrences. In the past two months alone, Peter has warned about the presence of 8 lions and 46 elephants within Sitalike subvillages, helping prevent crop and livestock losses for 13 different incidences. Peter is one of two Lion Conservation Ambassador’s we have sponsored in Katavi this year.