Lion's History
All About the Lion's History
The lions history is a part of nearly all stories since the record of human life began. He is the absolute vision of strength, pride, and loyalty. Though sometimes referred to as the king of the jungle, the lion’s history finds him choosing anywhere but the rainforests and jungles as his home. He is the true king of beasts, the lord of all land dwelling creatures, and the proud keeper of his pride. He would be nothing without the hard work and dedication of his many wives, but would never be man enough to admit it. And when his time is through, he will leave the pride just as he entered, fighting for his honor and rightful place.
The lions history is permanently scarred by the black marks of human interference, as possible subspecies that never even had a chance to be recorded were slaughtered off to extinction a short century and a half ago. The Asiatic Lion has only one wild stronghold left, and this has only been made possible by securing them on a private sanctuary far away from humans. Their numbers continue to grow, both in captivity and in this wild safari park, and hope has begun to surface again for these severely endangered lions. History cannot repeat itself in this case; as the Asiatic Lion does not the numbers it needs yet to survive another catastrophe.
The African lion’s history has been heavily influenced by the human race as well, as evident be the complete absence of them in the northern half of the continent. Once a stronghold for the legendary Numidian Lion, this northern region has become the residential area of choice for a large population of people. Once the fashionable and lucrative safari hunting era had cleared the region of its tens of thousands of lions, the well-to-do settlers decided to ever claim this prime area for themselves. Now that’s killing two birds, or should I say lions, with one stone.
The Barbary Lion is another mystery of the lion family yet to be solved, as he outweighs his smaller replicas by over two hundred pounds. As DNA testing has been done which has determined that all African Lions, regardless of color or size, are of the exact same genetic blueprint, the Barbary has not yet been tested against the blood of a standard African Lion. Scientists hope that this oversized but gravely endangered type of lion will prove to be the third distinctive subspecies of lion left on earth. It is universally hoped that the negative impact that we have imposed on the lions history, along with the painstaking improvements that we have caused to the lions present, will help to guide the way that we protect the lions future.