Sentences with phrase «african lions»

In the last two decades, the number of African lions in the world has dropped by nearly half.

Under CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), African lions are endangered but not threatened.

Nothing bad (tornadoes, droughts, floods, hurricanes, sea level rise, the epizootic that decimated the stands of American chestnuts, the distemper epizootics in seals and African lions) has been consistently related to CO2 increase.

African lions on the hunt prowl the edge of a herd, single out one buffalo, then hunt as a pack to separate the individual from the herd and bring it down.

You're correct, but what you don't say is that they have leopards, snow leopards, cheetahs, African lions, Siberian tigers, and Indo - chinese tigers!

In my lifetime, African lions have declined by 75 percent.

Animals at the zoo include African lions, salt water crocodiles, a variety of primates, birds, dear, tiger, and Sumatran Elephants.

Bovine tuberculosis has been implicated in driving population declines in a number of endangered species such as elephants and African lions.

African lions Panthera leo, for example, occupy stable territories year - round, even in situations where their most abundant prey undergo seasonal migrations and so become inaccessible for part of the year5.

Recently it is believed to be the culprit in the death of a number of African lions.

Save for the African lions; most wild cats will rarely hunt in groups, pride or packs.

Her strong commitment to animal rescue began in 1969 while she was shooting two films in Africa and was introduced to the plight of African lions...

Current residents include black and Himalayan bears, African lions, bobcats, and even pygmy goats and a potbellied pig.

In The Lion King, a father also tries to prepare his son to eventually take over as the leader of a pride of African lions.

When animal specialists observed African lions taking the organ meats as first choice from slain zebras, human captors began feeding their captive felines organ meats.

According to a report published today in the journal Science, female African lions have an egalitarian breeding systemsetting them apart from not only other social carnivores but even males of their own species.

New research reveals that although the state of African lions seems dire, in some places the cats are actually thriving.

Since gaining worldwide attention from April The Giraffe's live - streamed pregnancy in 2017, the park has been able to grow its staff and add a number of new exhibits, including the critically endangered Bongo antelopes, toucans, the Discovery Station, and an African lion exhibit.

An African lion gazes up at a suspended wood box.

Smilodon, a saber - toothed cat around the size of today's African lion, skulked across the grasslands in search of ground sloths and mammoths.

According to the conservative analysis, there is a 67 percent chance that the West African lion population will be halved 20 years from now, whereas the odds for the East African cats are around 37 percent.

Published in Biological Conservation, the study shows that populations of the African lion and its prey species are drastically below their natural potential inside most of Africa's protected areas (PA).

The Bubal hartebeest is extinct; the scimitar horned oryx is extinct in the wild; and the African wild dog and African lion have vanished from the Sahara.

Researchers also sequenced the genomes of other Panthera - a white Bengal tiger, an African lion, a white African lion, and a snow leopard - using next - gen sequencing technology, and aligned them using the genome sequences of tiger and domestic cat.

An African lion (Panthera leo) is in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Carnivores in the Serengeti infected with CDV.Top left: bat - eared fox; Top right: African wild dog; Bottom left: spotted hyena; Bottom right: African lion.

Each tribal area has it's own specialities The African lion is also the symbol of Kenya's nationhood.

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As the only son of regional African lion King Mufasa (James Earl Jones), Simba is just beginning to learn important life lessons from his imperious father when Mufasa's jealous brother Scar (Jeremy Irons) carries out a coup d'état that leaves Simba without a home and stripped of his birthright to the throne of the African plain known as Pride Rock.

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Rhodesian Ridgebacks, often known as African Bull Dogs, Ridgebacks, African Lion Hounds, Rhodesian Lion Dogs, and African Lion Dogs, are very unique and easy to recognize because of the distinct ridge of hair growing forward on the top of the breeds» back.

Trivia: This breed was originally bred in South Africa to hunt lions and is also known as the African Lion Hound.

Originally bred to hunt lions the breed is also known as the African Lion Hound.»

Known as the African Lion Hound, the Rhodesian Ridgeback is a majestic - looking dog with a line of hair running the opposite direction down its back, which is where the «ridgeback» part of the name...

The Rhodesian Ridgeback is also called the African Lion Hound because the breed originally was used to hunt lions in South Africa.

He used to be known as the African Lion Hound because he could fight a lion while his owner got a clean shot.

Once the dog was introduced to Rhodesia it became known for its ability to hunt big game such as lions which is how it also became known as the African lion hound.

Rhodesian Ridgebacks or African lion dogs as they are sometimes known are renowned for the ridge of hair which runs down their spine.

While this dog is a quiet breed, they are known as the «African Lion Hound» for a reason.

Dr. McCorkle has a special interest in exotic feline and big cat medicine, with experience in African lion and ocelot general anesthesia and pediatric ocelot infectious respiratory diseases.

The Labrador retriever originated in 19th century Newfoundland where he was used by fishermen to haul nets, ropes and pull in fish while images of the Rhodesian Ridgeback date back to the 18th century when the dog was first developed in what is now Zimbabwe and known as the African lion hound because of his ability to keep a lion at bay while awaiting his master's arrival.

The Rhodesian Ridgeback, also known as the African Lion Hound, the African Lion Dog, the Rhodesian Lion Dog, the African Bull - Dog, the Van Rooyan Lion Dog and the Ridgeback, and less formally as «the dog with a snake on its back,» is instantly recognizable by the unique ridge of hair that grows forward (in the opposite direction of the rest of its coat) along the top of its back.

The Ridgeback, or African Lion Hound as he is also called, was developed in the Southern regions of Africa.

It is not clear why people believed in the fantasy nature of this dog, but since there were no lions in Tibet, people didn't have an accurate image of what the African lion looked like.

The Dutch bred the animal they referred to as the «Hottentot» or African lion dog, but the British, who ended up with naming rights to the breed, called it the Rhodesian ridgeback.

Maybe he should do something more constructive with his life like stopping HUMANS from making species go extinct like the Chinese killed off the white river dolphin and there is currently a North African lion that is nearly gone.

She worked with multiple animals including «BLT» a trio made up of a Bengal tiger, an African lion, and an American black bear raised together after being rescued as juveniles.