Lion Rangers protect Namibian desert lions with smartphones

In northwestern Namibia, community rangers from the Lion Rangers program help farmers and lions coexist more peacefully. Since an incident in 2018, when lions attacked a farm near Khorixas, the Doro !Nawas conservancy has deployed rangers equipped with smartphones, camera traps and GPS collars to track lion movements. Field coordinator Benjamin Kordom now leads more than 40 rangers across an...