Once introduced, now a resident hazard With an ever-decreasing population of lions remaining in Africa, and few efforts being undertaken to effectively address the reasons for their decline, I would like to stress again the considerable threat of disease. Last August, I wrote a short piece about disease threats to lions. I mentioned there that […]
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Connect the World Bank, loss of donor income and revision of hunting concessions… There are times when seemingly disparate events add up to a bigger picture. Recently, a World Bank report about tourism in Tanzania, an announcement that the Tanzanian government will review all hunting concessions in 2018, and “irregularities” in Tanzania’s energy sector all
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One of those species is lions and it is a BIG step forward for their protection. It effectively elevates lions to Appendix 1 in Europe, closes the “personal and household effects” loophole and will fully ban lion imports into the EU from Benin, Burkina Faso and Cameroon (because the EU has already passed a “negative
Spot any lions to extrapolate? The Selous Game Reserve in southeastern Tanzania is very large – about 47,500 km2. Supposedly home to a great wealth and diversity of wildlife, it has also been identified as one of the most important lion “strongholds” in Africa. It has also recently become known as a massive elephant poaching
How many lions are there in the Selous, their most important remaining “stronghold”? Read More »
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