New report confirms almost half of Africa’s lions facing extinction

A new report published today concludes that nearly half of Africa’s wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent conservation measures. The plight of many lion populations is so bleak, the report concludes that fencing them in — and fencing humans out — may be their only hope for survival.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/p-n…