Sunday, 10 March 2013

New report confirms almost half of Africa's lions facing extinction

London, UK (SPX) Mar 11, 2013



A new report concludes that nearly half of Africa's wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent conservation measures. The plight of many lion populations is so bleak, the report concludes that fencing them in - and fencing humans out - may be their only hope for survival.

Led by the University of Minnesota's Professor Craig Packer and ....