Projects
Elsenkei Predator Project
Human-predator conflict is a primary driver of predator declines worldwide and can inflict substantial cost on local communities. Resolving these conflicts is therefore of primary concern to carnivore conservation and human livelihood.
One main point of conflict is brought about by predators predating on farmers livestock. Most of the attacks on livestock take place at night, since most of the predators are nocturnal. They enter through livestock enclosure made of shrubs, which are easy to break into. This in turn leads to retaliatory attacks on predators by local communities, poisoning or a physical attacks can be common.
Bigpaws4thought embarked on finding solutions of predator retaliation, alongside collected views from the Amboseli ecosystem community, concerning the challenges they are facing from predators and best ways to control predation.
We as Bigpaws4thought took the initiative of constructing predator proof bomas made of a combination of thorn bush and chain links fences. The bomas have been of a great help to those who benefited from our project since predation has gone to zero in these bomas.
Our continued efforts aim to protect the livelihoods of people living with predators, while saving the predators themselves.