The Last Lions

Group 7Caleigh-Mae Fabro

Lehua La’aSterling Sanford

Lions will be extinct within the next 20 years.

Lions are being killed to extinction because of paoching, posioning, trophy hunting, and disease.

They are not listed as “Endangered” according to Congress.

Importance of Lions

Lions are a keystone species.

Importance of lions (cont)

Lions and other wild life are important economically: without a balanced ecosystem the already fragile existence of African tourism will crumble

Poaching & Ancient Far East Remedies

Lions are being poached and being sold on the black market to ancient medicinal practitioners.

Trophy Hunting

Trophy hunting kills hundreds of lions a year.

Lion Society

When a pride is without a male leader, beta males or intruding males will atempt to ‘take over’ the pride’s territory.

Disease

Diseases such as Feline Herpesvirus (FHV), Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB), and Canine Distemper (CDV) are only few of the diseases being spread among the lion community.

Poisoning

Lions are being poisoned by villagers in an attempt to protect themselves and their live stock from lion attacks.

Why should we help?

Leopards (with 50,000) and Elephants (600,000) are lisyted as Endangered and are protected. Lions (20,000) still aren’t.

About 600 lions are shot for sport a year. These skin’s are imports for American consumers; 556 lions skins out of 600.

What can we do?

Help raise the needed $50 million to save the lions, by texting LIONS to 50555 to give a $10 donation.

90% Gone

Support Senate bill 529

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this Act are to provide financial resources and to foster international cooperation--

(1) to restore and perpetuate healthy populations of rare felids and rare canids in the wild; and(2) to assist in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations worldwide.

SUPPORT MAASAILAND PRESERVATION

TRUST’S PREDTOR COMPENSATION FUND

We need to raise $50 million.

Text BIGCATS to 50555 to give $10

WWW.CAUSEANUPROAR.ORG

little kitties for big cats

National Geographic’s Big Cats Initaitive invites you to take a picture of you kitty cat and donate $5 for support.

works cited

“East African Food Web”. map. http://www.mdk.org. 1997-2012. 11 May 2012 <http://mdk12.org/assessments/high_school/look_like/2008/biology/images/37_q.gif>

Stock Photography. “Diseased lion”. photo. http://www.superstock.com. 2012. 11 May 2012 <http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/4141/PreviewComp/SuperStock_4141-18507.jpg>

J A Knight. “Bella”. http://bornfree.org.uk. 11 May 2012 <http://www.bornfree.org.uk/campaigns/big-cats/big-cat-rescue/bella-rescue/>

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