Do you think lions will go extinct in the next 100 years?

[Skyros]

There’s an estimated 25,000 left on the planet 😔. Hunters won’t leave them alone, bastards.

[MrOracle]

You are conflating hunters and poachers.

Hunters have to pay huge license fees (which goes to preservation, purchasing land, anti-poaching enforcement, etc.) and they are regulated on which animals they can take. Hunters are literally the reason lions still exist today.

Poachers are entirety different. They kill indiscriminately, will wipe out entire prides, and contribute nothing back to the system.

But Poppy is correct that the loss of land to human development is the biggest factor, both towards the lions themselves and the game that the lions rely on for food.

[Skyros]

That’s true about habitat loss and food shortage. Recently I looked up animals that went extinct in the last hundred years and most of them died out due to these two things. It’s just plain sad. The Romans actually wiped out an entire species of lion due to their use in the colosseums. I think they were called red lions, not sure.

[NamerOfStars]

No; charismatic megafauna are generally safe from that. Pandas aren't, but if you can't be bothered to have sex to save your species, and are being outwitted by a PLANT, there's only so much humanity can do.

Lions MIGHT go extinct in the wild, though. I doubt it, but it's possible. Plenty in captivity to keep the species going.

[purplepoppy]

The biggest danger is loss of habitat and prey items. As people encroach on lion territory there's going to be incidents which invariably lead to lions being shot.

[Agape93]

Yeap. To be fair, I don't think we will make it another 100 years

[Oigit]

I hate sport hunting in general and big game hunters really grind my gears. So I say if someone wants to hunt a lion and other big game, I say they should be forced to do so with a spear and on foot. If they end up dying at least something like a lion will end up being well fed. So it won't be a total waste.

[Skyros]

That’s a good point.

[driven159]

we all might be extinct in 100 years then nature cab fix things

[Iron_Man]

This is horrible lions and tigers are the best

[Pterodon]

They’re not hunters. They’re poachers

[anylolone]

Nah.