Born Free Foundation - Keep Wildlife in the Wild

Born Free takes action throughout Africa and also in India to protect lions.  The IUCN¹ Red List, which lists all rare species of animals, classes the Asiatic lion (population 350) as ‘Endangered’ and the African lion (population as few as 16,500) as ‘Vulnerable’.  This means the Asiatic lion ‘faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future’, while the African lion ‘faces a high risk of extinction.’’

^¹International Union for Conservation of Nature

Population decline

African lions

1900 – up to 1 million

1980 – 100,000

2007 – as few as 16,500, IUCN status  ‘Vulnerable’ 

CITES STATUS:

Appendix II