Not only rhinos and tigers, African lions will soon disappear

That's what was released in a recent report by the BBC.

A century ago, the natural world had about 200,000 lions roaming the grasslands in Africa. What about now? Only 1/10 left - about 20,000, and right now this number is still declining.

That's what comes out of BBC One's new video - a report made by the BBC about the endangered animals in the world. And this time they gave out 2 situations that made everyone bored. First, the lion's biggest enemy is none other than human. And two, human awareness of lion conservation is almost impossible.

Currently, there are only about 20,000 lions in the fields in Africa.

Lion - a kingdom that is being restrained

According to Panthera - the organization that preserves wild cat animals, lions are attacked by humans in many respects. In particular, the biggest impact is the narrowed living environment , people kill lions to protect livestock, animals that are their prey are reduced in number. In addition, it is also weak management, so that poaching is rampant.

There are many threats to lions, so it is not possible to use only one simple solution to protect them. Instead, Panthera said that local authorities must take measures to address each specific area.

For example, with the lion population living close to humans (not in conservation areas), there must be a solution to prevent damage to native people first. If a lion keeps attacking the cattle, there is no reason for the people to endure.

As for the population in the reserve, it is necessary to set up fences to prevent them from reaching people.

However, this solution faces many criticisms from ecologists. When setting up fences around the reserve, the lion's ecosystem can be affected, and they cannot migrate anywhere. And the story of setting up this fence alone is complicated enough for many conservation organizations to argue.

Lions are attacked by humans in many ways, causing the number to decline seriously.

And human actions

Knowing that even if conservationists cannot be united, protecting lions is very difficult. That's why Pride - a lion conservation organization has sat down with five other non-governmental organizations to discuss this issue together.

The goal of organizations is to target the lion populations in Kenya Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, with many different methods. First, they seek to turn native lion hunters - who are considered "warriors" - into watchmen, and thereby reduce the number of lion poachers by up to 99%.

This can be considered a great solution, because the indigenous lion hunting culture will help them track lions and protect them. At the same time, they can inform the human community whenever a lion appears, so they can better protect their livestock.

Lion preservation is a very expensive game.

However, the most needed lion is now . money. Funds of conservation organizations are not enough, because people's perception of their peril is not correct.

Lion preservation is a very expensive game. According to a recent report, in order to maintain lion conservation activities across Africa, an amount of between 0.9 and 2.1 billion dollars per year is needed - and that is not taking into account the amount has been donated.

Where to get that money, the organizations still do not have an answer. Could it be from wild nature enthusiasts? But the most appropriate solution is still to link financial partners from the West. For example, companies that use lion images for marketing should be the ones who pay for this problem.

And if there is not enough money, lions may be the next species next to rhinos and tigers, making it to the extinct list.