LionAid has been awarded £3,500 by the John Good Group, second place in their latest Grants for Good round, helping part-fund the seventh manyatta in Merrueshi.
LionAid awarded second place in the John Good Group’s Grants for Good awards Read More »
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Two elephant bulls wearing satellite research collars were shot by trophy-hunting parties in Botswana on 3 and 4 September 2026, Africa Geographic has reported. The first was killed in Controlled Hunting Area CT2. The second was killed the next day in NG41. In both cases, according to the report, the hunting party got within 40
Two collared research elephants shot by trophy hunters in Botswana, one day apart Read More »
On Thursday 17 September the BBC told the story of our Merrueshi project in Kenya, and we could not be prouder. BBC South East journalist Stuart Maisner made a filmed report for BBC South East Today and wrote the BBC News article Scheme aids lions in the wild and Kenyan villagers. Chris was also interviewed
Our Merrueshi project on the BBC Read More »
Three young male lions have been shot at Tsutsubega. Delayed, partial payouts to farmers do not stop this. LionAid’s Merrueshi lights and community herd do.
Three young lions shot at Tsutsubega. Paying farmers later does not stop this. Read More »
A snare set for a crocodile on Namibia’s Kwando River killed a leopard instead – the indiscriminate cruelty of wire-snare poaching.
The trap doesn’t choose: a leopard dies in a snare on the Kwando Read More »
France has stopped processing import permits for hunting trophies of threatened species and committed to a total ban. The UK has talked about this for years. Paris has simply done it.
France bans hunting trophy imports from threatened species Read More »
Today, on World Lion Day, there’s a hard truth worth sitting with: the animal we’ve turned into a symbol of strength and courage on flags, crests, and logos across the globe is disappearing from the wild at an alarming rate — and much of the world still isn’t paying attention. The Numbers Are Worse Than
World Lion Day: The King of Beasts Is Running Out of Time Read More »
LionAid has a brand new website. Take a look around, listen to Lynne Chitty and Kerst’s song for the lions, and help us share the news.
Welcome to the new LionAid website Read More »
LionAid mourns Roger Cook, the fearless investigative journalist who was the first to expose the canned lion hunting industry to the world. He has died, aged 83.
Roger Cook — A Voice for the Voiceless Read More »
At least 30 vultures have died near Phuduhudu Village, neighbouring Nxai Pan National Park in Botswana, after feeding on a poisoned zebra carcass, according to Safari360 Botswana. The Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) is investigating. The poison was almost certainly placed to kill predators — lions, leopards, or hyenas preying on local livestock.
Poisoned Zebra Carcass Kills at Least 30 Vultures Near Botswana’s Nxai Pan Read More »
In Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, elephants are being killed from both ends — illegally by poachers in the north, legally by trophy hunters in the east. Two expressions of the same fatal logic: that elephants are worth more dead than alive.
Botswana’s Elephants: Killed From Both Ends Read More »
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