I would love to start of by thanking Mshatch from Mainewords blog for the "One Lovely Blog Award" I am so gratefully. You really made my day!
Moving on to a touchy topic, I feel that this is not a new topic to us, many animals are nowadays finding themselves on the endangered species list. It is as though the animals are competing for who will be the first to become extinct! It is a rather very sad, considering we have so many animals on this endangered list already!
Lions are well known for their beauty, majesty and prestige with many hit films such us Africa Disney Cats or The Lion King, portraying the image of a lion as should.... a strong, confident and brave creature, like depicted, the king of the jungle.
Lions vary in colour but commonly
are those that sport a light yellow-brown coat. Mature male lions are unique among
big cats due the thick brown or black manes that encircle their necks and
protect them while fighting, whereas the mature female lions are the pride's
primary hunters, often working together to prey upon antelopes, Zebras,
wildebeest and other animals in the naked wild.
Lions population in Africa has rapidly reduced to approximately 21,000. They face an indirect threat from climate change
called co-infection and periodically face outbreaks of the disease distemper
though this causes few death with an exemption of the period 1994 - 2001 which
caused massive die-offs with researchers saying the epidemic was due to the
occurrence of a server drought. Drought which is caused by humans due to deforestation with more human threats such as population growth and agricultural expansion, resulting
in loss of natural habitat, hunting, poisoning and poaching just to name but a
few.
Animal protection and conservation groups are continually trying to curb the factors contributing to the Lion's endangerment but they also need you help to spread the word! This is my plea to you, spread the word, lets save the lion!!
