Pre-industrial emblem
72Heraldry, materia medica or first-fish law met the lion before film.
Lion culture is local: the same silhouette is a licence in one country and a logo in another.
Status bars are editorial -- they track how loudly this type spoke in English-language media and law, not a best-species score.
Status through time
Industrial take
64Canneries, ivory, longlines or shikar scaled the take.
Cinema and logo
89A film, book or NGO mark often outran the field paper.
Statute and listing
73ESA, CITES, IWC or national parks made the type a legal object.
Live-cam and tourism
79Streams, jeeps and auctions are the present tense of attention.
Portrayals
Patterson book1907
The Man-eaters of Tsavo as imperial horror.
Born Free1966
Elsa as the rehabilitation myth.
The Lion King1994
A cartoon state that outran field guides.
Packer papers1970s-
Pride tables as the anti-myth.
Cecil news2015
A named death as a global feed.
Gir tourism2000s-
Asiatic lions as a Gujarat brand.
Rituals
Dawn game drives
Serengeti and Kruger jeeps time a pride on a kill.
Gir permit lotteries
A single forest rations viewing.
Warrior-monitor patrols
Lion Guardians walk the same ground as herds.
Sayings
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