African lion populations could be cut in half by 2035

African lion populations could be cut in half by 2035,
October 26, 2015,
By Amanda Schupak,
CBS News,

Lion populations in West, Central and East Africa are in danger of declining by as much as half in the next two decades, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Researchers from the University of Oxford looked at surveys of 47 lion populations across Africa conducted since 1990 and used the observed trends to predict how those animals would fare two decades into the future. The results were sobering.