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Onward: "Living Walls" Protect Lions, Livestock

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In northern Tanzania, walls that incorporate living trees offer dual protection. They keep lions out of Maasai settlements—which means safety for the Maasai and livestock—and also reduce retaliatory killings of lions. Laly Lichtenfeld, a conservation biologist and National Geographic Big Cats Initiative grantee, is working with Maasai communities to build these walls.

Read more about the benefits of "living walls":
http://onward.nationalgeographic.com/2013/11/09/on-safari-to-save-east-africas-big-cats/

Onward is a project to explore the world and share its untold stories. Hit the road with National Geographic multimedia journalists Spencer Millsap and Dan Stone at http://onward.nationalgeographic.com, or tweet them at @spono and @danenroute to join the conversation.
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