How to Prevent Animals in Africa From Becoming Extinct

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Tip 1 - What Is Being Done to Stop the Rhino from Becoming Extinct?

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Vanessa Bland | permalink

Rhino horns are in high demand due to their healing properties and religious symbolism. Poachers are killing rhinos every day. There are five species of rhinos white, black, Sumatran, Javan and the ...

For further reading: http://animals.mom.me/being-done-stop-rhino-becoming-extinct-11707.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - Lions Face Extinction in West Africa

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ivaldo Santos | permalink

Lions in West Africa are on the brink of extinction, with less than 250 adults left living in four isolated pockets, new research suggests.

For further reading: http://www.livescience.com/42424-west-african-lions-face-extinction.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - Lions Approach Extinction in West Africa

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by steve littlejohn | permalink

New study paints dire picture of West African lions and outlines conservation needs.
Tags: lions, african lions, threatened species, lions, West Africa, conservation, big cats, animals, science, Panthera, extinction, West African lions

For further reading: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140108-west-african-lions-endangered-conservation-science ^[3]

Tip 4 - African Lions Face Extinction by 2050, Could Gain Endangered Species Act Protection

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Yvonne Charneskey | permalink

The African lion (Panthera leo leo) faces the threat of extinction by the year 2050, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe warned today.
Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Evolution,More Science,africa,agriculture,big cats,bushmeat,conflict,endangered species act,habitat loss,hunting,lion,lions

For further reading: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/african-lions-face-extinction-by-2050-could-gain-endangered-species-act-protection/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Can We Save Lions?

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ove Hoff | permalink

As I write this, I can hear lions roaring near our camp in Duba in the swamps of the Okavango in Botswana. Magical things happen when lions roar in the wild. The first call sets all other living things in the savanna on high alert. As the second and third and fourth lions start up, and the first one roars again, suddenly you can’t tell if it is four lions or ten. It is an eruption of sound like a crowd spontaneously bursting into song. But most of all, it is a call that stitches the fabric of the night together and completes it.

For further reading: http://www.defenders.org/magazine/fall-2010/can-we-save-lions ^[5]