New report confirms almost half of Africa's lions facing extinction
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 19:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
This shows lions in Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa. A new report published today concludes that nearly half of Africa's wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent conservation measures. The plight of many lion populations is so bleak, the report concludes that fencing them in - and fencing humans out - may be their only hope for survival.