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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Early Saturday morning, we were driving and came upon four lionesses with four young cubs and one older cub feasting on a yearling wildebeest. It was amazing how they all were sharing their meal with minimal disputes. The cubs even got their share. We must have watched for an hour just enthralled by their strength and hunger. Every one of the lions walked away with their bellies dragging along the ground.
We then went back to our rooms, finished packing and boarded a four-seater Cessna that belonged to Frankfort Zoological Society. Our pilot, Felix, flew us from Seronera (in the heart of the Serengeti) to Arusha where we boarded a commercial plane to Dar es Salaam. The next leg of our trip? Gombe National Park!
Rachel Santymire
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Lincoln Park Zoo is leading the Serengeti Health Initiative, a collaborative effort to preserve the wildlife of this African ecosystem while benefiting local people. Our Serengeti field diaries feature updates as scientists conduct vaccination efforts, collaborate with Tanzanian partners and encounter the Serengeti’s famed wildlife.
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Colleen O'Donnell
As field conservation coordinator, O'Donnell facilitates communication between Lincoln Park Zoo and field teams in Gombe and the Serengeti field sites. Her focus is capacity building for sustainable conservation.
Felix Lankester, D.V.M.
A veterinary surgeon specializing in wildlife medicine, Felix is Lincoln Park Zoo's new Director of Tanzanian Programs, with responsibility for the Serengeti Health Initiative and Gombe Field Research.
Rachel Santymire, Ph.D.
An endocrinologist in the Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Santymire studies stress and reproduction in Gombe's chipmanzees.
Anna Czupryna
A graduate student in the department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Anna is studying how rabies vaccination campaigns of domestic dogs in villages around Serengeti National Park affect population dynamics.
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