Lions rediscovered in Ethiopia”s game park

A previously unknown population of at least 100 lions has been discovered by a wildlife charity in a remote park in north-western Ethiopia. Born Free Foundation said it had obtained camera trap images and identified lion tracks in the Alatash area close to the border with Sudan. The area is thought to have lost all […]

A previously unknown population of at least 100 lions has been discovered by a wildlife charity in a remote park in north-western Ethiopia.
Born Free Foundation said it had obtained camera trap images and identified lion tracks in the Alatash area close to the border with Sudan.
The area is thought to have lost all its lions in the 20th Century because of hunting and habitat destruction.
Dr Hans Bauer, a renowned lion conservationist from Oxford University, who led the expedition, said this was the first time that the presence of lions had been confirmed in this area.