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(01-07-2016, 01:49 AM)LionKiss Wrote: 2013 there were 32000 lions
2015 there were 23000 lions
9000 lost in two years?
it can't be the poachers or infanticide between the lions,
probably villagers is the No 1 threat or the environmental conditions are not favorable to lions anymore or diseases??,
so in 2-3 years there will be 10000 lions only left??. awful
Not necessarily, the rate of killing lions could increase by 1000 each year, not to mention the amount of Lion-born HPV and HIV viruses occuring as a result of HPV and HIV-infected humans illegally crossing the borders between Southern African countries such as Mozambique and South Africa (most notably Kruger National Park). "Lion-farms," trophy killings, diseases I mentioned plus new strains of canine distemper in Kenya and Namibia, deadly territorial fights, tribal customs (Masai killing prime lion males), herbivore assault on lions, poachers, and mines scattered around Angola and the northern borders of Namibia kill lions as well as other animals. My idea is to relocate some lions off to the Barbary Coast, or maybe even lush desert areas (oasises?) with plenty of prey in both regions. They can survive there and possibly grow larger manes due to even more open territory.