09/02/2021
Awesome photography of lions, jaguars, tigers and other big cats.
Even lions are endangered by extinction! African lion numbers have plummeted by over 40% in the last three generations, due to loss of living space and conflict with people. Habitat loss and fragmentation by deforestation and land degradation, illegal wildlife trade, human wildlife conflict, human-made climate changes like extra global warming and extractive industries are another problems. Lions are the most sociable of all big cats. They live in groups called prides, which usually consist of related females and their cubs. Three-quarters of African lion populations are in decline. With only around 20,000 in the wild, they’re now officially classified as ‘vulnerable’.
The African lion (Panthera leo leo) faces the threat of extinction by the year 2050. The total population of lions in Africa is currently estimated at about 34,000 animals, down by at least 50 percent from three decades ago. Those numbers, however, tell only part of the story. Lions in West Africa have been almost completely killed. Three main threats currently facing lions: habitat loss, loss of their prey base to the bushmeat trade, and human-lion conflict. All three threats are inexorably linked. The human population of sub-Saharan Africa is expected to double by the year 2050, which will result in more conversion of habitat to agriculture, more hunting of the wild ungulates the lions depend upon for prey, and more instances of hungry lions attacking livestock and then being killed in retaliation. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), retaliatory or preemptive attacks against lions are the worst threats the species faces. The IUCN lists African lions as a whole as vulnerable to extinction. Source: Scientific American
We need more biotopes, real natural and wild habitats with wild meadows, mixed forests and protected areas like game reserves, landscape conservation, nature conservation and water conservation areas. That's why we will create healthy environments, semi-natural habitats, different biotopes, botanic and natural gardens, parks, woods or forests with our upcoming research and Greening Camps in Africa and Europe. With active help and financial support we could start finally with the first camps. International partners and sponsors are welcome to join the Greening Deserts Billion Trees Project and the Trillion Trees Initiative as well. Let's Make Africa Green Again and let's save so many species and wildlife before the also extinct!
We need more environmental awareness and sustainability, sustainable living and sustainable working, in all fields or areas. We need to create a world of understanding, acceptance, respect, tolerance, compassion and consciousness.
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. - Augustine of Hippo
Truth does not sit in a cave and hide like a lie. It wanders around proudly and roars loudly like a lion. - Suzy Kassem
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. - Vernon Howard
A lion’s work hours are only when he’s hungry; once he’s satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together. - Chuck Jones
With each new day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or starve. It’s no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you have to run faster than others to survive. - Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
But in the loneliest desert happens the second metamorphosis: here the spirit becomes a lion; he will seize his freedom and be master in his own wilderness. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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