20/02/2026
I truly hope this will wake-up well-minded people. The health of this world and everything living within and on it, depends on these healthy people to survive and thrive:
Take for example Africa, arguably the planets' richest variety of really unique wildlife. Our two species of our most iconic wild animals are undoubtedly--
1. The lion.
2. The elephant.
Both these species are greatly threatened with extinction BECAUSE of human activities. However, for this post, I will focus on the lion. Do you know they were once considered the masters of Africa. Now, they are reduced to heads with glass eyes on a wall or rug on the floor. See what humans do to greatness?
Our shrinking wild lion populations are tumbling down to the bottom of Africa's rich heritage.
The main reason for the fast decline is due to habitat loss, [caused by human activities]. Because they are forced to live too close to humans, they need to eat, their natural prey has often been removed. So, they prey on the invaders to their hunting grounds -- the slower-moving farmer's livestock. They need food to survive.
The human population in Africa has exploded, because there were about 229 million people in 1960, that increased, fairly fast, to 863 million in 2010. The sad news is that in 2050, it is likely to reach as much as 1.75 billion. What chance does any wildlife have by then and that is not at all that far away? Never mind the growing humanitarian issue....: ~ Crying buffalo.
* the dominant usually walks behind the lioness/es and cubs. He is not at all submissive to them, he is the protector and you can't protect what you can't see.
