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The animals we found while searching for lions in Kenya | Day 6

1 week ago | click2houston.com | Keith Garvin |Dawn Campbell |Roger Franco

Published: June 18, 2025 at 6:46 AMSign up for our NewslettersPublished: June 18, 2025 at 6:46 AMWe set out on Tuesday to find lions. We’ve learned all about how the Ewaso Lions conservation group is working to save lions in northern Kenya. Now, we wanted to see the big cats ourselves. It wasn’t easy. There are only 50 to 60 lions believed to be in the region, and they can roam. There are no fences to keep them in the National Preserve or out of nearby communities.
From lions to dogs: Caring for animals in northern Kenya | Day 5

1 week ago | click2houston.com | Keith Garvin |Dawn Campbell |Roger Franco

Published: June 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM Sign up for our Newsletters Published: June 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM I’ve never watched a mini-documentary at night in the middle of an African village...until now! The movie shown just after dusk in Sasaab Village in northern Kenya was a short film about the importance of caring for pet dogs in order to protect the health of livestock and wildlife The screening wrapped up another day with the Ewaso Lions organization, one of the conservation partners of the...
PHOTOS: Warriors saving lions in Kenya, PLUS an elephant encounter ūüźė| Day 4

1 week ago | click2houston.com | Keith Garvin |Dawn Campbell |Roger Franco

Published: June 17, 2025 at 6:56 AMSign up for our NewslettersPublished: June 17, 2025 at 6:56 AMSunday in Kenya began along the river as Samburu warriors looked to the sandy shore for prints indicating a lion had passed through. The warriors work with the Ewaso Lions conservation group to spot signs of lions and then notify local villagers if a lion is in the area.
‘Mama Simbas’ are regrowing grasslands and saving lions in Kenya | Day 3

1 week ago | click2houston.com | Keith Garvin |Dawn Campbell |Roger Franco

Published: June 15, 2025 at 2:04 PMUpdated: June 15, 2025 at 2:12 PMSign up for our NewslettersPublished: June 15, 2025 at 2:04 PMUpdated: June 15, 2025 at 2:12 PMSaturday in Kenya was another early and jam-packed day for us and our partners with the Houston Zoo!We first had the honor of meeting the women of the Mama Simba team. They work under the direction of the Ewaso Lions organization based in what is known as the Westgate Conservancy here in northern Kenya.
Our first full wild day in Kenya with the Houston Zoo | Day 2

2 weeks ago | click2houston.com | Keith Garvin |Dawn Campbell |Roger Franco

Published: June 13, 2025 at 3:32 PMUpdated: June 13, 2025 at 4:59 PMWhat a day! On our first full day in Kenya, we woke up after just a few hours of sleep and got on the road. Our seven-hour drive included a couple pit stops; one to hit up a gift shop filled with crafts created by local artisans and the second to snap a picture at the equator, which divides Kenya nearly in half.
Saving Lions: Journey from Houston to Kenya | Day 1

2 weeks ago | click2houston.com | Keith Garvin |Dawn Campbell |Roger Franco

Greetings from Nairobi! After about 22½ hours of travel, our entire team AND all of our gear have made it to Kenya!Our team, consisting of four members from the Houston Zoo & three of us from KPRC 2, were wheels up from Bush Airport at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. After a 4½ hour layover in Amsterdam we continued on our second leg to Nairobi, which took another 8½ hours. We arrived in Kenya’s capital city on Thursday at 1:50 p.m. Houston time (9:50 p.m. in Nairobi).
Rebre trucades comercials des de números de telèfon mòbil ja és il·legal

3 weeks ago | rtve.es | Roger Franco

Aquest dissabte 7 de juny ha entrat en vigor a Espanya la prohibició de les trucades comercials efectuades des de números mòbils. Es tracta d'una mesura que s'emmarca en el pla del Govern per lluitar contra les estafes telefòniques i mitjançant missatges SMS. La mesura està recollida a l'Ordre TDF/149/2025 del Ministeri per a la Transformació Digital i de la Funció Pública i va ser publicada el passat 15 de febrer.
La crisi de l'habitatge, pendent de la política

3 weeks ago | rtve.es | Roger Franco |David Sáez |Montse Sugrañes

El Congrés dels Diputats ha de debatre abans de les vacances d'estiu una proposició de llei del Partit Socialista que aposta per augmentar la càrrega fiscal als propietaris amb pisos buits i més desgravacions als que lloguin a preus assequibles, és a dir, per sota del topall fixat oficialment.
Més de 57.000 sol·licituds de dependència esperen valoració

1 month ago | rtve.es | Roger Franco |Maria Tarsà

Segons el departament de Drets Socials i Inclusió de la Generalitat, el desembre de 2024 hi havia a Catalunya 229.333 persones que rebien prestacions i serveis vinculats a la Llei de Dependència. D'aquestes 45.961 tenien reconegut el grau 3, 91.166 el grau 2 i 92.206 el grau 1. Són xifres altes, però que no paren d'incrementar-se i ningú dubta que ho seguiran fent pel progressiu envelliment de la població.
'Sirât', d'Oliver Laxe, Premi del Jurat a Canes

1 month ago | rtve.es | Roger Franco

La pel·lícula més radical d'Oliver Laxe, 'Sirât', ha fet bons els pronòstics i s'ha endut el Premi del Jurat del Festival de Canes, ex aequo amb 'Sound of falling', de Mascha Schilinski. Habitual del festival francès, on ha presentat els seus tres films anteriors, Laxe debutava en la cursa per la Palma d'Or i ha certificat aixi la bona rebuda de la cinta per part del jurat presidit per Juliette Binoche.