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Save the Lions from Poaching and Extinction

The Salvare Foundation will purchase 80 Drones that will be used to monitor Lions from above using infrared heat seeking technology to identify potential poaching activity keeping the Lions safe, while acting as a visual deterrent.
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The Salvare Foundation will purchase 80 Drones that will be used to monitor Lions from above using infrared heat seeking technology to identify potential poaching activity keeping the Lions safe, while acting as a visual deterrent.

Panthera Leo more commonly known as the Lion is in the family Felidae and a member of the genus panther.

Life span: 10-14 years (Adult, in the wild).

Gestation period:  110 days

Speed: 80km/h (maximum, in short Bursts)

Scientific name: Panthera leo.

Diet: Carnivore

Mass: Male 190kg (adult), female: 130kg (adult)

Uganda was once known to have the highest number of the panther leo in the world,  they were regularly sighted in the various national parks like Kidepo valley national park, Murchison falls national park, Queen Elizabeth national park and lake Mburo national park.

In the past few years Uganda has had a large number of lions fall victim to poaching.      In Lake Mburo national park lions were killed by pastoralists with only one male lion remaining in the park placing Lions firmly on the red list.

According to the Uganda Wildlife Authority, the organization carried out two Nationwide censuses on Uganda’s lions from 2007 to 2017. The census of 2007 to 2010 gave an estimate of about 408 lions while that of 2011 to 2017 showed an increase to 493 Lions  in the country.

April 2018 the Queen Elizabeth national park lost over 11 lions and 8 Cubs to poachers. In a similar incident the deaths of 5 Lions due to human-wildlife conflicts, and recently, 6 climbing Lions from the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth national park were slaughtered by poachers, putting the lion of the endangered species at a threat. The poachers have since been apprehended; however, the drones could have prevented this senseless killing of a majestic animal.

Free from poachers Uganda’s lion population is estimated to increase if the human wildlife threats are reduced, this gives hope that the population can fully recover if the government of Uganda in partnership with conservation organisations such as the Salvare Foundation and others from the private sector and development partners actively commit to addressing the poaching threat.

African Lions are classified as vulnerable on the international union for conservation of nature’s (IUCN) red list of threatened species. Having lost three quarters or more of their original habitat over the past 100 years, lions are now mostly restricted to protected areas.

 


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