New report confirms almost half of Africa's lions facing extinction
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 21:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new report 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.