Game Scouts

MWCT employs more than 50 game scouts who are stationed throughout the Group Ranch to act as protectors of the local environment and assist in conservation efforts.

The game scouts are monitoring 280,000 acres wilderness, in places without power or facilities. We depend upon radios for communication multiple times each day. For example If a poaching incident occurs, a scout radios our base and the MWCT four wheel drive vehicle is sent to assist in an arrest or whatever the need may be. Supporting the game scouts consumes a large portion of our resources. The scouts need equipment such as uniforms, radios, solar systems for recharging radio batteries, flashlights, boots, food and accommodation. We are very pleased to have recently purchased 10 new tin huts to provide basic shelter for the scouts in various locations.

Simba Scouts: Simba means lion in Kiswahili. In the past warriors had to demonstrate their manhood by spearing a lion. We decided to give a different brave task to our Maasai warriors: becoming the guardian of the lions! Eight scouts are hired to track and monitor the lion populations using their traditional skills of tracking and stalking and understanding the behavior and movements of the lions. Lion groups are given names and monitored daily. If livestock is grazing nearby, Maasai herdsmen are advised of a lion’s presence, in order to avoid possible predation.