Lions are not being poached, but for genetic reasons, about a third of the lions of Africa have disappeared in the past 20 years.
Lions are not being poached, but for genetic reasons, about a third of the lions of Africa have disappeared in the past 20 years.
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If 30,000 to 35,000 big African elephants continue to be slaughtered for their tusks every year, elephants may be at risk of eventual extinction.
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The rare purse-lipped black rhinoceros (which is actually grey in colour) has already been killed in West Africa. Between it and the wide-lipped white rhinoceros, 1,000 are being slaughtered by poachers each year. Only 25,000 remain.
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Lions are not being poached, but for genetic reasons, about a third of the lions of Africa have disappeared in the past 20 years.
