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Panthera leo melanochaita is a lion subspecies in Southern and East Africa. [1] In this part of Africa, lion populations are regionally extinct in Lesotho, Djibouti and Eritrea, and are threatened by loss of habitat and prey base, killing by local people in retaliation for loss of livestock, and in several countries also by trophy hunting. [2]
Chappell died in the Lion Park of her wounds before the paramedics arrived. [5] Potgieter fought off the lion and suffered injuries to his arms and an unconfirmed heart attack. [4] Chappell had been visiting South Africa to work on the conservation of wildlife, [6] and was raising funds for Wildlife ACT, a conservation charity. [7]
In 2005, Lion Conservation Strategies were developed for West and Central Africa, and or East and Southern Africa. The strategies seek to maintain suitable habitat, ensure a sufficient wild prey base for lions, reduce factors that lead to further fragmentation of populations, and make lion–human coexistence sustainable.
CBS News shared a story about a resilient 10-year-old lion named Jacob who lives in Uganda, and he's lived quite a life. Called "Africa's most resilient lion", Jacob and his brother recently set a ...
To help spread awareness, the Wildlife Conservation Network teamed up with Disney again for the release of Mufasa, a prequel to The Lion King, this week. Besides supporting the WCN’s Protect the ...
Serengeti National Park forms a Lion Conservation Unit since 2005 together with Maasai Mara National Reserve. [11] More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. [12] In 1994, an outbreak of canine distemper led to the deaths of approximately one-third of the lion population in the area. [13]
ECOS Environmental Conservation Online System. 2016. Photos of West African lions at Pendjari National Park at flickr; ROCAL West and Central African lion conservation network; BBC News: Lions 'facing extinction in West Africa' Is this one of Central Africa's last lions? (2015) Take two: Gabon's lone lion makes another on-camera appearance (2016)
The Ewaso Lions Project was founded in 2007 for the protection of lions (Panthera leo) and their habitat in Northern Kenya. [1] The project works to study and incorporate local communities in helping to protect the lions in the Samburu National Reserve, Buffalo Springs National Reserve and Shaba National Reserve of the Ewaso Nyiro ecosystem in Northern Kenya.