Lion in 1960: Born Free book
[39] [lion-1-39] No. Most African populations are still in long decline outside a few well-funded parks. VU is not a rebound ba A specimen label at a natural history museum records where and when, not which animal is more valuable. For Lion, write 1960, “Born Free book,” and 2015, and leave league tables off the card. Elsa the lioness (1960 book, 1966 film) made rehabilitation a children story. Fi
No. Most African populations are still in long decline outside a few well-funded parks. VU is not a rebound band. What did Born Free fix in the public mind? The Serengeti Lion Project (Packer and successors) produced the long pride dataset that textbooks still mine. 1898 bridge-camp killings were a specific railway-and-drought story. They are a genre, not a base rate.
Males take large prey and cubs of rivals. The postcard male-on-a-rock is a coalition politics, not a lazy king. Lion is one of 24 types in this animals atlas. The pages treat it as a full system -- history, anatomy, operating principles, culture, icons, future pressure and market shape -- not a ranking of a best species.
Scores compare the lion with the other 23 types on speed, intelligence, range, resilience, cultural impact and ecological role. They are relative editorial marks. Resilience high means more secure; low means threatened. Vulnerable. African numbers fell through the 20th century; Asiatic lions persist as a single-forest relic in Gir.
The order on the card is year, line, figure. Lion is not sorted by how much visitors like the photo.1960
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1960
- Figure to keep
- 2015
- Species
- Lion
- Line in the log
- Born Free book