Human wildlife conflict is on the rise and the folks with the Tanzania Lion Illumination Project have found that lights save lions from being killed by farmers. It was a rainy morning in Karatu, Tanzania. Philipo and I were messaging back and forth to nail down a time and place to meet. Philipo Ormorijei, a Maasai warrior from the area works with Patti Vaughn and the Tanzania Lion Illumination Project. Over the past couple of years they’ve been placing lights around cattle kraals (bomas) to keep lions away. Human populations are expanding and villages near game reserves are at risk…
