Question

A conversation between a human and a lion

Answer 1

It has been all over the news recently – every headline painting a grim future for wild lions, a future where they could potentially disappear completely. According to a recent study, lion populations in West, Central and East Africa are likely to drop by 50% in the next twenty years. But the continuing cub boom and growing lion population in the community lands that surround Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, paint a different and more hopeful picture. Over the last decade, scientists and researchers have documented a tripling in the lion population density and a greater than 90% reduction in retaliatory killing of lions. In short, a conservation success story.