{"id":7523,"date":"2023-07-03T09:43:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T07:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/dzivnieki\/afrikas-lauva\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T21:13:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:13:15","slug":"african-lion","status":"publish","type":"animal","link":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/african-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"African Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <div class=\"zoo-animal-details\">\n        <div class=\"born-container is-default\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n\n                \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/logo-cites-1.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            CITES II                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/logo-eep-1.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme)                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lions currently occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Only an isolated population of 350 critically endangered Asian Lions is left in Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, India. African Lion populations are higher in numbers but suffer from steady decrease. The main threats include over-hunting and habitat loss.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25a0 Lion is listed as&nbsp;<strong>Vulnerable&nbsp;<\/strong>in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species since 1996.<br>\u25a0 African Lion is managed under the&nbsp;<strong>EEP&nbsp;<\/strong>(EAZA Ex-situ Programme), it is coordinated by Givskud Zoo, Denmark.<br>\u25a0 Lion is listed in Appendix II of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (<strong>CITES<\/strong>, or Washington Convention).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25a0 Phylum Chordata \u2013 chordates<br>\u25a0 Class Mammalia \u2013 mammals<br>\u25a0 Order Carnivora \u2013 carnivores<br>\u25a0 Family Felidae \u2013 cats<br>\u25a0 Species&nbsp;<em>Panthera leo<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Lion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">African and Asian Lions belong to one species&nbsp;<em>Panthera leo<\/em>. Asian Lions represent a separate subspecies&nbsp;<em>P. l. persica<\/em>. The classification of African Lion&nbsp;subspecies is still unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5500,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false},"animal-category":[38,36],"animal-filter-1":[],"animal-filter-2":[],"class_list":["post-7523","animal","type-animal","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>African Lion - Zoo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/african-lion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"African Lion - Zoo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lions currently occur in sub-Saharan Africa. 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