Lion Conservation

latest news & developments

Urgent action: Even in protected areas, prey depletion and bushmeat snares pose serious risks. Many African countries have set aside significant
protected areas that could support three to four times the current lion population if they were adequately funded and managed. Photo: Supplied

Poaching for body parts poses ‘existential threat’ to lions

Scientists warn that rising demand in Africa and Asia is fuelling targeted poaching and could push some lion populations towards local extinction

Sheree Bega

(File photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST

Scientists warn that poaching, drought threaten Kruger lions and hippos

Lion numbers have remained stable from 2015 to 2023, while the population of hippos plunged by more than 2 500 from 2015 to 2017

Sheree Bega