Has the wildlife 'Red List' let Africa's big cats down? Lions and cheetahs were both reconfirmed as "vulnerable" in 2014 and are unlikely to change category in a Red List update at the IUCN congress in Marseille, from Friday. Following the 2014 assessment, to which she contributed, Durant and another 50 conservation experts made that case in a peer-reviewed study. - Hunted -Unlike cheetahs, lions live in groups, or prides, and almost exclusively within protected areas. Craig Hilton-Taylor, who heads the IUCN's Red List Unit, defended its classification process as "robust" and said experts looked at a full range of issues.

Source: Bangkok Post September 01, 2021 05:26 UTC