a sustainable conservation measure, has been discussed controversially. In 2016, a group of authors recommended a quota for lion trophy hunting of one lion per in the WAP protected area complex, and to refrain from imposing an import embargo of lion trophies from this region. This recommendation was questioned and strongly opposed, with the argument that the estimate for lion population size in the WAP region is not reliable and therefore the suggested quota inappropriate. In captivity In 2006, 1258 captive lions were registered in the International Species Information System, including 13 individuals originating from Senegal to Cameroon, 115 from India and 970 with uncertain origin. In addition, several lions kept in Ethiopia's Addis Ababa Zoo were thought to be genetically similar to wild lions from Cameroon and Chad. They also differed from lions kept at Sana'a Zoo, which were suspected to be of Ethiopian origin. Genetic research did not corroborate this result, but placed these lions in P. l. melanochaita. See also Damnatio ad bestias Cape lion, extinct P. l. melanochaita population White lion Maneless lion References External links Photos of West African lions at Pendjari National Park at flickr ROCAL West and Central African lion conservation network BBC News: Lions 'facing extinction in West Africa' Is this one of Central Africa's last lions? (2015) Take two: Gabon's lone lion makes another on-camera appearance (2016) The Rare Central African Lion - أسود حديقة الدندر فيديو فبراير 2017 (in Dinder National Park, YouTube) The Telegraph, August 2018: Pride of India Lions Subspecies Mammals of West Africa Mammals of Cameroon Mammals of the Central African Republic Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mammals of Ethiopia Mammals of South Sudan Mammals of Sudan Felids of India Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Fauna of Benin Fauna of Burkina Faso Fauna of Niger Fauna of Nigeria Fauna of Senegal