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Photographer Mattias Klum from National Geographic gets close and personal with a lion.

“and all of a sudden you feel very small” damn right

IT JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED AND SAVED

please, if you are able, do what you can for the asiatic lion. donate, get involved, spread information. there are only about 300 left in the world, and they all live in Gir Forest National Park in India.

the african lion is also estimated to be extinct by 2050 due to habitat loss, sport hunting, and loss of their prey base to the bushmeat trade. these beautiful creatures could be extinct in our lifetime. the next generation may not ever have the chance to see these creatures, there will be no more cute lion vines, there will be no more documentaries, there will be no more zoos or sanctuaries containing lions. there will be no more lions.

if you have any love for nature, any love for animals, any love for life, and if you care at all about the permanent loss of a species, especially one so beautiful and iconic, if you care and if you are able, please donate to help save lions.

The Lion Conservation Fund

The African Wildlife Foundation

The World Wildlife Foundation

Not relevant to my blog, but my inner nature lover is calling

Saw someone once posted a review on a book that said lions dont live in India; sad that some people dont even know they exist.

People like to think that those who participate in the bush meat trade do so for no good reason. But when you can make enough money to feed your whole family for the next few months instead of slowly starving, preserving a species doesn’t even rank on your list of concerns. Yes not all do it for these reasons, but those who do shouldn’t have to, and the only reason why the must is because they do not have any means of providing for themselves and family otherwise. If they weren’t living in poverty, this wouldn’t be an issue. Their plight is the result of corporate imperialism. Corporations don’t care about people, if they see a valuable resource they will take it through whatever means necessary. Corporations exploit these countries because they know there will be no repercussions, because consciously or not, we’ve elevated them to have more rights than us.