1. Posted on 2 March, 2011

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    In 1960, there were 400,000 lions living in the wild. Today, there are just 20,000. “That represents a 90 to 95 percent decline,” says National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dereck Joubert. “Unless we start talking about this, these lions will be extinct within the next 10 or 15 years.”

    In 1960, there were 400,000 lions living in the wild. Today, there are just 20,000.

    “That represents a 90 to 95 percent decline,” says National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dereck Joubert. “Unless we start talking about this, these lions will be extinct within the next 10 or 15 years.”