Bearing in mind the gradual reduction in lion population numbers due to increased human population growth and activity in Africa, lion infanticide appears to be detrimental to the survival of the species as a whole. It is a very selfish and egocentric activity by male lions. It is entirely natural but it seems counterproductive …
Date 2009: The lion range has become highly fragmented. I say this in comparing the range set out in the book, Wild Cats Of The World (Sunquists – published 2002) to the map immediately below, which I have made. The embedded map below is accurately taken from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ …
This article is split into two parts for technical reasons with a link at the base of the first part to the next. The contents’ links don’t work to the second part. The most important lion facts, in my assessment, are listed here on a single page. The lion, as a subject, is very …
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