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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
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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