African Lion Research Paper

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Lions are a crucial part of the ecosystem in Africa where they are located. There has been a decrease in the population of African lions which has caused concerned to try and enact a treaty or law of some sort to preserve this “King of the Jungle”. I think it’s good that they are trying to push for this kind of thing, last year when a lion was killed as a trophy, Cecil, a lot of concern rose from just that particular situation, which is good and bad at the same time. It’s good because everyone now knows that there is a problem with the population of lions in African which make more want to donate or volunteer to help increase and preserve the population of lions that remain. The bad thing is that no one noticed that the population was already

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