The African lion may warrant protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced this week. But that won't disrupt the lives of Bubba and Cassie, African lions who live at the Audubon Zoo in...NOLA.com...
The African Lion: Dinner or Endangered? by Jeffrey Flocken, JD and North American Regional Director, International Fund for Animal Welfare July 8, 2014 Comments Off on The African Lion: Dinner or Endangered? Features, Earth View Eeven while the African lion is under review by the US Fish ...
IUCN Red List Status: ? Vulnerable LC NT VU EN CR EW EX Least Concern Extinct Current Population Trend: Decreasing What is the African lion? African lions have been admired throughout history for as symbols of courage and strength. These iconic animals have powerful bodies—in the cat fa...
The US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the African lion as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, as loss of habitat and prey are putting them in danger of extinction Loss of habitat and prey are putting African lions in danger of extinction, and the majestic creatures need pro...
Protected status is helping elephant numbers to remain stable. ©JONATHAN PLEDGER/Shutterstock.com Sadly, due to an increase of outside interest in Africa and its exotic wonders (particularly towards the mid-20th century), the African bush elephant population took a devastating decline toward extin...
One big problem is lion poaching. We need to stop killing lions for trophies. We also need to add the African lion to the endangered list. This will make it easier to protect lions.YOU CAN HELP! Write a letter! Find out more from this conservationThe next week, Ana went back to the...
The West African lion is considered endangered and its changing populations, history, human relations and current prospects are little known beyond presence data. This chapter conducts a status assessment, based on a comprehensive literature review, of the conservation issues of the West African lion....
African Big 5 Wildlife in Africa, Definitions, Facts, Pictures, Video. African Big 5 Animals with super facts Lion, Buffalo,Elephant,Leopard & Rhino
The Boteti region has the greatest reported level of human-wildlife conflict in Botswana70. Both lion39and human conflict risk becomes higher for elephants closer to the Boteti river (Fig.3a). Such threats may make the risk of being at both the front and rear of groups greater for vulnerab...
Conservation Status:Endangered The Taita African caecilian is found in the forests of the Taita Hills region in southeast Kenya. This snake-like amphibian reaches lengths of 34.8 cm. Its body is blue with darker rings. The Taita African caecilian is a burrowing animal, living underground and feed...