Tanzania’s Maasai warriors once killed lions. Now they’re making sure the big cat doesn’t disappear for good. ... In the wet season these walls reach over 12 feet high.

Maasai Lion Guardians track a score of collared - and many more uncollared - lions across a swathe of a million acres of community cattle ranches at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Ritual killings by young Maasai warriors of as many as four lions in the Serengeti—and the accidental death of one of the Maasai—give new urgency to consideration of how to stop the killings.

On Safari in the Maasai Mara. ... who had originally positioned the Land Cruiser he’s driving so his guests can be within feet of the passing lions, presses his foot on the gas.

Alternatively, Fairmont Mara Safari Club (00 254 20 216940; www.fairmont.com) offers walking safaris with Masai warriors in full regalia, with the opportunity to see hippos, lions and spot over 70 ...

In a Kenyan reserve near Africa's highest mountain, Maasai youths on Saturday swapped traditional lion hunts for a series of sporting events to test and display their prowess and strength.

Tanzania’s Maasai warriors once killed lions. Now they’re making sure the big cat doesn’t disappear for good. ... In the wet season these walls reach over 12 feet high.

Tanzania’s Maasai warriors once killed lions. Now they’re making sure the big cat doesn’t disappear for good. ... In the wet season these walls reach over 12 feet high.