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Species: panthera leo (African lion; Afrikanischer LΓΆwe)Location: Zoo Dortmund, Germany
Distritbution: Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with a critically endangered remnant population in northwest India, having disappeared from North Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia in historic times.
Status: vulnerable
(unexpected isn`t it? Please have a look: [link] ); possibly irreversible population decline of 30 to 50 percent over the past two decades in its African range. habitat loss and conflicts with humans Research on declining lion population in Africa: [link]
Extra: Lions live for around 10β14 years in the wild, while in captivity they can live over 20 years. They sleep up to 20h a day in the wild.
--> Ever heard about "canned animal hunting"? [link] [link] That is breeding animals like lions just to be shot by tourist "hunters" when they are grown to end as a trophy on the wall. It is sad that people really want to shoot a lion at all, if breed for this "purpose" or not.
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Comments: 3
I am horrified! I've not heard of "canned animal hunting" before, but it doesn't really surprise me as we humans are capable of a lot of senseless cruelty.
Thanks for the educational and interesting information. I didn't expect their statistics to be so similar to their small domestic cousins, the housecat - livespan 15 to 20 years, and also sleep three-quarters of the day! ^-^
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You are very welcome
I am glad you took the time to read my info :3
hehehe, yes they are very alike to our small domestic cats with their habits =^_^=
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I've heard of Canned hunting and people like that should be put in a cage with the lion/tiger/panther/leopard ect without a chance to defend him/herself.
It's a nice photo, glad there are people like you around trying to educate others about these beautiful creatures.
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