A lion has been spotted in Chad's Sena Oura National Park for the first time in almost two decades.
"Our team believes there are more lions out there," WCS spokesperson Stephen Sautner told ABC News.
An image released by the government of Chad and the Wildlife Conservation Society on April 20, 2023, shows a healthy female lion in Chad’s Sena Oura National Park, where the big cats have not been seen since 2004.Overall, lions are classified as "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List. Lions in West and Central Africa are considered "critically endangered," with populations declining by about 66% since the early 1990s.
MORE: Release of wild cheetahs in Mozambique could be answer to conservation of the species, biologists say Lions are technically considered extinct in Chad's Sena Oura National Park, a protected area of about 182,000 acres that's adjacent to Cameroon's much larger Bouba N'djida National Park, where the big cats "are now increasing and appear to be recolonizing parts of their former range including Sena Oura," according to the WCS.
"The region saw a period of ruthless, organized poaching more than a decade ago, but has since benefitted from a very strong commitment to conservation by the governments of both Cameroon and Chad," the WCS said in a press release. "This has produced better protection of the national parks and wildlife populations are now starting to recover."
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