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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]
The Central African lion population inhabits protected areas of: Cameroon, where lions are present in Bénoué National Park. [38] In the North Province, Cameroon, lions were recorded during a survey between January 2008 and May 2010. [39] The small lion population in Waza National Park is isolated, and by 2008 had declined to maximum 20 ...
Estimates of the African lion population range between 16,500 and 47,000 living in the wild in 2002–2004. [200] [86] In the Republic of the Congo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park was considered a lion stronghold in the 1990s. By 2014, no lions were recorded in the protected area so the population is considered locally extinct. [201]
The Mapogo lion coalition was a band of male South African lions that controlled the Sabi Sand region in Kruger National Park between 2006 and 2012. Researchers named the coalition for a brutal security company. [1] [2]
The Barbary lion was a population of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo. It was also called North African lion, Atlas lion and Egyptian lion. It lived in the mountains and deserts of the Maghreb of North Africa from Morocco to Egypt. It was eradicated following the spread of firearms and bounties for shooting lions. A comprehensive review of ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kamau, the African lion who was a star attraction at California's Sacramento Zoo, has died at age 16, officials said.
The Cape lion was a lion Panthera leo melanochaita population in South Africa's Natal and Cape Provinces that has been locally extinct since the mid-19th century. [1] [2] The type specimen originated at the Cape of Good Hope and was described in 1842. [3] The Cape lion was once considered a distinct lion subspecies.
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.