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US plans to extend endangered species status to lions in Africa [1]

US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will classify lions in southern and eastern Africa as threatened, with those in the central and western regions covered by full endangered status.

Publication Date: 
22/12/2015
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Wildlife [3], Lion [4], Endangered Species [5], Africa [6], United States Of America (US) [7], Poaching [8], Hunting [9], Zimbabwe [10]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/us-plans-extend-endangered-species-status-lions-africa
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/guardian-uk
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lion
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hunting
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zimbabwe