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Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. April 1, December 21, 6 years ago Max A. Rossberg Views 12 Comments Ukraine , Wildlife 1 min read. Like this: Like Loading Rossberg Max A.
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Tarzan, see? Is Tarzan in India or Africa? It's a fictional character, so whatever. And zoos of course. And circuses. Well, there's a mild one, really mild up on northern part. And of course all year winter on the peak of tall mountains. Well, I also searched for China because they also have lion statues, paintings, and art-related thingies there.
In China. I can't confirm if that's a fact, the existence of lions in Europe. I mean as in indigenous animals in Europe. But adaptation might be possible. Human adapts, so does a cat. Enormous cat. But lion as I know, won't just migrate randomly and stay in an extreme place compared to its home climate , that doesn't make any sense.
Just like us, humans. We don't just wander off to someplace with ongoing erupting volcano and oh I think I'll live here. That's a mighty decision to make for a sober human. Oh well. Fine, assuming they well adapted, why did they extinct then?
Recent surveys put the number of wild lions at around 30, or even as low as 20, Around a third of African lions are thought have disappeared in the past 20 years. Much of this shrinking distribution has been due to hunting and loss of habitat.
Lions Panthera leo are the second largest living cat, after the tiger. Lions, particularly male lions, have been an important symbol for thousands of years and appear as a theme in cultures across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
They are commonly employed as an emblem in heraldry, and have been widely featured in sculpture and statuary to provide a sense of majesty and awe, especially on public buildings. The human population of sub-Saharan Africa is expected to double by the year , 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 pre-emptive attacks against lions are the worst threats the species faces. Poaching also poses a major threat since lion bone is used for medicinal purposes in countries such as Laos, Vietnam and China. Legal sport hunting of lions is also viewed by many conservation groups as a significant threat, although it is more controversial. Many people view it as a senseless and fundamentally immoral activity that should be stopped, while others such as IUCN and the U.
Fish and Wildlife Service, are willing to tolerate it, but only if the revenues generated are used to support conservation efforts.
On a more positive note, conservation efforts have had some success, especially in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and Kruger National Park in South Africa, each of which is home to large numbers of lions. In recent years conservation efforts have also resulted in an 11 percent growth in lion populations in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
However, most of these live within fenced reserves which have reached their carrying capacity. Pre-historic lions were even more widespread than the maximum range of modern lions shown on the map.
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