Amazon Quiz: Founded by the organization ‘Big Cat Rescue’, 10th August is celebrated as what day?
World Jaguar Day
World Cheetah Day
World Tiger Day
World Lion Day
Answer: World Lion Day
In 2013, the first World Lion Day was established. Dereck and Beverly Joubert, a couple who are enthusiastic about conservation and wild cats, served as its leaders.
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The Jouberts contacted “National Geographic” for assistance after learning that lion numbers have severely fallen around the world. In 2009, the pair created the Big Cat Initiative (B.C.I.) in collaboration with them.
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The B.C.I.’s primary objective would be to safeguard and maintain the world’s surviving lion species.
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While factors like deforestation, climate change, and human intervention may have had an impact on lion populations, studies have shown that their incredibly low numbers may also be related to ice ages and natural environmental disasters that have caused them to become isolated in only a few countries around the world, namely India and South Africa.
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