Human-Wildlife Conflict Management

One of the greatest threats to predators in the wild is human-wildlife conflict. For example, over 90 % of cheetahs live outside protected management areas, alongside human communities raising cows, sheep, and goats. The loss of even a single animal can be devastating to poor farmers, and predators are seen not as a valuable component of a thriving ecosystem, but as a threat to their livelihoods.

Light For Life was founded by Kenyan David Mascall; his low-impact, home-grown and inexpensive solution saves lions, leopards and livestock. Rather than paying ranchers after their cattle have been killed by lions, hyenas and leopards, David employs an easy-to-assemble, inexpensive flashing LED light system around cattle pens (bomas) in Kenya to stop predators from killing goats and cows.

By preventing lions and leopards from killing cattle, they also prevent humans from killing the offending predators. Each kit costs $350 to purchase and install. This project helps Light For Life scale up the use of predator lights in combination with fences and other deterrents. To know more about his Deterrent System, David Mascall, go to his Facebook page.

A Lion named Charlie, whom David Mascall raised. He came from Tsavo East at 10 days old. Lovely boy, he was. Image credit: David Mascall, founder of Light For Life

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David’s m pesa 0716887107