Africa Geographic launches Collar a Lion campaign

Travel and conservation company Africa Geographic has launched a campaign to help save wild, free-roaming lions. The Collar a Lion campaign, which is raising awareness on the work of the Southern African Conservation Trust (SACT), encourages donations towards the supply of GPS satellite collars used to aid lion conservation. Along with partners WILDCRU (Oxford University), the Trans-Kalahari Predator Programme and Nelson Mandela University, SACT uses GPS collars to track the natural movement of lions between protected areas and to develop lion management plans. 

The African lion is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN red list of threatened species – their population has decreased by 75% in just five decades. At present, there are approximately 24,000 wild lions in Africa. Increasing human populations reduce available lion habitat, leading to a rise in human-lion conflict. Science and research are essential if we are to preserve future lion populations. 

Read more about the campaign and join Africa Geographic to make a difference to lion conservation.