{"id":13854,"date":"2016-02-03T04:01:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T04:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=13854"},"modified":"2016-02-03T04:13:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T04:13:47","slug":"lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/lions","title":{"rendered":"A Hidden Population Of Endangered Lions Was Discovered In Ethiopia And In Sudan"},"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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At least 100, and possibly as many as 200, lions are living in Ethiopia and Sudan. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Exciting news<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The lions were spotted in the\u00a0Alatash National Park, in Ethiopia near the border with Sudan and in the Dinder National Park, across the border in eastern Sudan. The expedition was funded by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bornfreeusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0the organization Born Free<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The chief executive officer, Adam Roberts, released a statement:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<strong>The confirmation that lions persist in this area is exciting news. \u00a0With lion numbers in steep decline across most of the African continent, the discovery of previously unconfirmed populations is hugely important \u2013 especially in Ethiopia, whose government is a significant conservation ally.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The lion population has nearly halved in the last two decades. And during the last half century, lions in Africa have dropped from 100,000 to about 32,000. A big problem is that lions are losing their habitat to agriculture &#8211; the African lion\u2019s savannah habitat has dropped by 75% in the last 50 years. They are also being killed to protect nearby communities and livestock. They were believed to be locally extinct in Sudan until this discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13857\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/caiy4rtw0aahnxn.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/caiy4rtw0aahnxn.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/caiy4rtw0aahnxn-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CaIy4rtW0AAhnXn.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>A stable population<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The lions appear to be stable. Hans Bauer, a well-known conservationist, led the expedition.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cDuring my professional career I have had to revise the lion distribution map many times,\u201d he said. \u201cI have deleted one population after the other. This is the first and probably the last time that I\u2019m putting a new one up there.\u201d He set up camera traps on a river bed so he could catch the lions on film. \u201cWhile I was walking to find some trees to put the camera on, I already saw some footprints. \u00a0That was the eureka moment when I was sure that there really are lions,\u201d Bauer said. \u201cConsidering the relative ease with which lion signs were observed, it is likely that they are resident throughout Alatash and Dinder.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He estimated that in the range, there is a density of one to two lions per 100 square kilometers. They had not been discovered until now because that area is hardly visited. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13860\" style=\"width: 712px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/bornfreethiopialionpicture11.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"712\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/bornfreethiopialionpicture11.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/bornfreethiopialionpicture11-600x393.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/bornfreethiopialionpicture11-85x56.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2015\/06\/12\/travel\/10-budget-airlines-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The next steps<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The next step is to notify officials in both countries about the lions so they can make efforts to conserve and protect the areas. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>\u201cWe need to do all we can to protect these animals and the ecosystem on which they depend, along with all the other remaining lions across Africa, so we can reverse the declines and secure their future,\u201d Roberts said. Bauer is optimistic. \u201cThe situation is fairly positive,\u201d he said. \u201cI think the fact that the Ethiopian government recently made it a national park is a giant leap forward. Now we have to support them in improving park management, but I think they\u2019re taking it very seriously.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13861\" style=\"width: 703px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/453505.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"703\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/453505.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/453505-85x60.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/128\/590x\/secondary\/453505.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/african-lions\">SEE ALSO:\u00a02 African Lion Breeds Are Now Protected Under The U.S Endangered Species Act.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Oxford\u2019s Conservation Research Unit discovered something exciting. 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