It turns out that today is the World Lion Day. You can help protect these wonderful animals by helping National Geographic Society's Big Cats Initiative, NG Lion Day Donations page:
( https://donate.nationalgeographic.org/world-lion-day-August-10-2016 )
Or simply get a subscription to the NGMagazine. ( http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/support )
Here are a few of my images that I took of these wonderful animals on my last visit.
Facts:
Lions are endangered due to various factors, among them: climate change, agricultural expansion, trophy hunting and loss of natural habitat.There are only about 30,000 lions left in the wild today.
PS. You may find these images around the net, they are my images, but if you are in doubt or have a question or two simply send me an email ( begstreets(at)gmail.com ) or to any other email address it is attributed to and I will be more than happy to answer.