These galleries show images from LionAid Campaigns.


Campaign, March 2010 - "Where Have All the Lions Gone?"

In March 2010, LionAid  initiated a campaign in the UK that drove home a powerful message about the survival of lions in the wild.

The message? Lose lions in the wild, and lose them at home. Extinction on the African plains means loss of icons and symbols. Imagine a life without lions, including those you are so used to?

So on March 1st, LionAid embarked on a 12 city tour, covering iconic lion monuments with a black shroud for the day in some of our favourite cities.

Beginning in Glasgow with the magnificent Cenotaph lions in George Square, we continued to cover lions in Blantyre, Blackpool, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Nottingham, Norwich, Bath, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight and culminated in Trafalgar Square with perhaps the most famous lion monuments of all!

In each city, we had a wonderful welcome and met Lord Mayors, Leaders of City Councils, The Lord Provost in Glasgow and the Deputy Sheriff in Norwich.

We also met Andrew Turner, MP in the Isle of Wight and he then went on to secure the debate on lions with us in Parliament on the 17th November.

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The shrouded Birmingham lionsShrouding the lions in BirminghamAn illegal seized lion trophy in Blackpool zoo The Trustees with Shaun from  Blackpool ZooCasper, the white lion at the Isle of Wight ZooThose wonderful lions in Glasgow
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The Trustees with Shaun from Blackpool Zoo

The Trustees with Shaun from  Blackpool Zoo

Shaun, from the Education department in Blackpool zoo,  shows Chris and Pieter some of the illegal lion trophies seized by UK customs.