In South Africa an estimated 8,000 lions are bred and kept in captivity for commercial purposes in more than 350 facilities. This is far more than the country's wild population, estimated at 3,500 ...

A pair of Asiatic lions have arrived at a British zoo as part of efforts to protect the highly endangered species from extinction. A male named Nilay, and a female named Shanti, arrived at Chester Zoo ...

South Africa has as many as 8,000 lions in captivity being bred for hunting, the bone trade, tourism and academic research, according to estimates by wildlife groups. By contrast there are just 3,000 ...

Two of the world’s rarest lions have arrived at a UK zoo as part of a breeding program to help save the highly endangered big cats from extinction. The pair of Asiatic lions - male Nilay and female ...

Willie Aucamp, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, is awaiting the Ministerial Task Team’s report on the voluntary closure of controlled lion-breeding facilities, amid allegations ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo has a new lion — and he’s kind of a big deal. Pilipili recently arrived from Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo. He was the first lion cub born there in over 20 years when ...

Postdoctoral researcher Kyle Dougherty (left) and John Benson, associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources, found young mountain lions in California struggle ...

Trade in lion bones, skin and teeth is intensifying across Africa, researchers warn poaching could become a defining threat ...