Why are they in danger?
Wild
African lions, along with other wildlife, roam free in their natural habitat
within ten minutes drive of Nairobi's city centre in Kenya. This is in the
Nairobi National Park, founded in 1946, and covering 40 square miles to
the south west of the city.
Sadly, the park's remaining population of lions is under serious threat and are living on borrowed time. They were being brutally speared to death, and their claws, teeth, manes and tails taken, presumably for sale.
While this killing has been stopped, and new agreements and understanding is in place, all wildlife in a park so close to a large human population is under threat. The Nairobi Park still plays host to some magnificent animals, including leopard, cheetah, rhino, giraffe, zebra, buffalo and herds of various other herbivores, but their numbers are falling to worryingly low levels. The Park is a resource, a place for local residents and international visitors to enjoy: a true gift to the future that we should not allow to be whittled away by Man's activities.
We care particularly for the lions in the park, and we watch over them and work to protect them.
