Coexistence Co-op

Community Coexistence Training teaches livestock owners to build predator-proof enclosures, called bomas, to prevent livestock depredation. This is one of the biggest and most important investments needed to address human-carnivore conflict, alongside human behavioral changes such as discouraging the use of child herders and being more vigilant while herding livestock.

We also teach people about human safety aspects involved in handling pesticides, and how misuse of pesticides can have devastating impacts on vultures, other wildlife and the environment as a whole.

Our team responds rapidly when conflicts occur to prevent retaliatory poisonings.  We conduct evaluations of our livestock husbandry and anti-poisoning program, and critique newly constructed bomas within communities. 

By increasing knowledge about the importance of predators and scavengers,  improved livestock husbandry techniques, and the dangers of using poisons, we help empower pastoralists to improve their livelihoods by developing their capacity.

To eliminate reliance on NGOs and donors, the Co-op project does not supply or subsidize boma-building materials, but rather we provide pastoralists with the skills and know-how that encourage ownership and responsibility towards the husbandry of their livestock and the health of their environment.

Our joint team from The Peregrine Fund and Lion Landscapes rapidly responds when conflicts with carnivores occur to prevent retaliatory poisonings. Our team immediately sets off to the conflict location to diffuse the situation with the affected livestock owner. The team gathers information about the incident and encourages the livestock owner to report the incident to the Kenya Wildlife Service.

Our Coexistence Training is so unique that we have been requested and have trained numerous staff of government agencies. The demand for our training, from within Kenya as well as the wider region, far exceeds our present capacity.