Nigeria is left with just 34 Lions...Africa would soon run short of Lions

30 years ago, there were 200,000 lions roaming wild across the African
continent but now thereare only between 15,000 and 32,000 left. Of the
lions left, it is a estimated that there are just 645 genetically
distinct wild lions left in western and central Africa with " only 34
left inNigeria ". That is most recent report from leading charity to
protect and conserve endangered lions worldwide, LionAid as reported
in the UK Daily Mail .
Dr Pieter Kat , trustee of LionAid told the UK Guardian , " There has
been a catastrophic decline in the populations of lions in Africa, and
particularly west Africa. These lions have been neglected for a very
long time and do not have adequate protection programs.
Even though the national parks in west Africa contain very distinct
and very important fauna compared to eastern Africa, people tend to
ignore that west Africa is a very special place. As a result, the
populations in west Africa are declining so quickly. "
Yohanna Saidu , a research officer at Nigeria's interior ministry
confirmed that the number of lions in Nigeria is declining fast!
Nigeria officially had 44 lions in 2009 and now 34 lions remain. " We
are doing our best to protect our lions but we are very concerned
about them " he said.
Dr Pieter Kat confirmed the dire situation – " Asa biologist I would
say that in a country like Nigeria, which has only 34 lions left, they
are already extinct. It's almost impossible to build up a population
from such a small number. "
This is so sad. Nigerians travel to South Africa and Kenya on Safari.
That's great but our wildlife is going extinct and little is being
done to reserve this trend.
Source: bellanaija.com