Shivani Bhalla (left) receives the award from Georgina Mace, an oficial of the Society for Conservation Biology. Picture: Courtesy Rupi Mangat
DESPITE THEIR MAGNIFICENT LOOKS, STRENGTH, and the fact that every tourist in Africa wants to have at least a glimpse of this handsome cat, the lion in the wild is fast losing out to man as both compete for space.
This sad scenario inspired Shivani Bhalla to study lions in Kenya’s arid north in Samburu in 2003. It is this research that earned Bhalla this year’s Society For Conservation Biology — Africa Section Young Women Conservation Biologists Award in Beijing, China.
