{"id":12722,"date":"2015-12-21T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T08:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=12722"},"modified":"2015-12-21T09:17:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T09:17:14","slug":"african-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/african-lions","title":{"rendered":"2 African Lion Breeds\u00a0Are Now Protected Under The U.S Endangered Species Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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There are about 1,400 of those lions left in India and in Africa.\u00a0<\/span>The second breed, that lives across East and southern Africa, is going to be considered as threatened. Hunters will be allowed to import trophies from countries with endangered species only if the nations have proper conservation practices in place. This means that the countries use trophy hunting revenues to deter poaching and to sustain lion populations. Today, hunters do not need any authorization to bring a trophy lion to the U.S.It is estimated that there are between 17,000 and 19,000 lions listed as threatened in East and southern Africa. The Fish and Wildlife Service will also forbid anyone who&#8217;s been convicted or pleaded guilty to violating federal or state wildlife laws from importing lion trophies to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Ashe, the \u00a0Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and Wildlife Service director believes that this decision will help preserve lions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If we want to ensure that <span id=\"itxthook2p\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap\"><span id=\"itxthook2w\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\">healthy<\/span><\/span>\u00a0lion populations continue to roam the Africa savannas and forests of India, it\u2019s up to all of us \u2014 not just the people of Africa and India \u2014 to take action,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12724\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/leon.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/leon.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/leon-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/leon-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staticf5a.lavozdelinterior.com.ar\/sites\/default\/files\/nota_periodistica\/Leon.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body-text story-content\">International measures<\/h2>\n<p id=\"story-continues-4\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\">Wildlife biologists and conservation groups have stated for years that lions were becoming endangered species. They are often victims of poorly regulated trophy hunting and retaliatory killing by farmers. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/27\/science\/african-lion-population-is-dwindling-study-finds.html\">recent study<\/a>, the African lion population could be halved in the next 20 years. Today, there are approximately 20,000 lions on the continent.\u00a0In the last few months, France has banned the import of lion trophies and more than 40 airline companies have stopped transporting those trophies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12725\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-12725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/profcecil1_3394114b.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/profcecil1_3394114b.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/profcecil1_3394114b-600x374.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/profcecil1_3394114b-85x53.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12725\" 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