Lion showing characteristics of the extinct lion
of north Africa, the type locality for Linnaeus' Felis leo
1758
Protection Status
Protection Status: CITES Appendix II
National Legislation:
Hunting restricted to "problem" animals over much of its range; some trophy hunting
Hunting Prohibited:
Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda
Hunting Regulated or Restricted to "problem/dangerous" animals:
Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali,
Mozambique, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Trophy Hunting Permitted:
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
No Legal Protection:
Burundi, Guinea Bissau, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa
No Information:
Burundi, Chad, Djibouti, Guinea (IUCN Environmental Law Centre 1986)
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