The Barbary lion, once the king of North Africa’s Atlas Mountains and the deserts of the Maghreb, fell victim to overhunting and habitat loss.
The last recorded sighting of this majestic creature was in the wilds of Morocco in the early 1920s, with unconfirmed reports suggesting that small groups may have survived until the 1960s.
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The Barbary lion, once the king of North Africa’s Atlas Mountains and the deserts of the Maghreb, fell victim to overhunting and habitat loss. The last recorded sighting of this majestic creature was in the wilds of Morocco in the early 1920s, with unconfirmed reports suggesting that small groups may have survived until the 1960s.
Image: Public Domain
