Can they save lions in Africa?

Saitoti Petro (center) tracks lions in Tanzania. Petro is one of more than 50 lion trackers from Maasai villages who walk daily patrol routes to help shepherds. (AP)
African lions rest under a tree in Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park. Their survival depends on finding a way for people, livestock, and lions to use the land together. (AP)
A lion tracker takes a picture of a lion track near a village. (AP)
Shepherds return to their village with their livestock in Tanzania. (AP)
The village of Narakauwo in Tanzania uses posts and chain-link fencing to protect animals at night. (AP)

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The Maasai people raise cows. Lions eat cows. Maasai kill those lions.
Now there are not as many lions. Can people and lions share the same land?
Fifty young men track lions. They warn herders. They build strong fences. They teach people how to live with lions.

READ MORE: Saitoti Petro is a lion tracker. There were only 120 lions left eight years ago in the part of Tanzania where he patrols. Now there are over 160. Most lions live in a large wildlife park. There is no way to fence them in. So people learn how to build strong fences around their villages. No cows have been killed in Mr. Petro’s village since the fence was built. David tells King Saul in 1 Samuel 17:37, “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion” will deliver me from the hand of Goliath."