Lions in West-Africa

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(01-18-2019, 01:12 AM)Lycaon Wrote:

(01-18-2019, 12:55 AM)Spalea Wrote: @Lycaon:

Your photos: especially at #22 and #23.

I read this morning on a french site about the fauna in Benin  that Pendjari park wasn't well protected, to such an extant that they didn't know more if there was still some lions in this park. I hope it's exaggerated. And if we wanted to be sure to see some lions it would be worth better to go into the "W national park" overlapping three countries aeras : Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso.

That is a complete exaggeration as pendjari np has a healthy lion population, and it is not to  difficult to see them theer. African parks has started work there recently.

"Pendjari National Park in Benin forms part of the 10,488 square mile W-Arly-Pendjari (WAP) protected area complex that straddles Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger and which holds 90% of West Africa’s lions. This complex is two and half times the size of Yellowstone National Park. Pendjari retains the largest wildlife population in the WAP complex, including its population of about 70-100 lions; the park could hold approximately 400-500 lions given adequate law enforcement and management. African Parks has signed a contract to assume management of the park. The Lion Recovery Fund has granted funding for increasing law enforcement in the complex, for understanding lion population sizes and movements, and for appraising the impact of trophy hunting on lions in the area. The LRF’s grant will unlock matching funding from the Wyss Foundation."
https://www.lionrecoveryfund.org/project/securing-the-stronghold-of-the-west-african-lion/ Reply