Great Art Helping Endangered Species

January 22nd, 2010
by Joette
African King male lion running in the wind with native grasses water color

African King

African Lions are very unique from all other big cats in that they live in a pride and are family oriented where as other big cats are mostly solitary except for mating and rearing the young. Loss of habitat has been the biggest reason for Lions to be put on the Endangered Species list. This African King has signed and numbered prints available from www.joettesgallery.com   The original available framed 29×36 . Prints are 11×14 unframed but is available.

When all is right with the world there is no inbreeding in the pride, whereas with Cougars the inbreeding does occur. The African lioness will leave the pride for up to thirty months to care for her young male offspring and to protect him from the older males in the pride. All of the female lions in pride are related whereas the young males eventually leave the pride to start their own pride. This is what makes the African Lion a unique cat.

In the last seventy years, the African Lion population has decreased fifty percent. They are now only found in sub-Saharan Africa with a few Asian Lions found in India. Pesticides, poisoning by humans and over population of habitat has caused these big cats to decrease to a dangerously low number, plus with the lack of territory they are force to inbreed which is weakening the prides.

My Art is dedicated to preserving the wild things of our world and donate to preservation.

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Posted in Art for conservation, Lions, Wildlife Artist | Comments (8)

8 Responses to “Great Art Helping Endangered Species”

  1. wrmachine Says:

    You have to express more your opinion to attract more readers, because just a video or plain text without any personal approach is not that valuable. But it is just form my point of view

  2. Shirly Lasseter Says:

    Is it correct that Cockapoo’s don’t shed?

  3. Joette Says:

    OK I wrote a letter to Obama, this I had to clean up but if he reads it my point will be made!

  4. Joette Says:

    I am not sure but I think because of the Poodle in them yes no shedding! if you want a shedder get an Akita, Oh My Goodness!!!! But I Love him, LOL

  5. VanyK Says:

    I am reading this article second time today, you have to be more careful with content leakers. If I will fount it again I will send you a link

  6. Lexus GS Says:

    Next time you should condense your post, try to leave out the parts that people skip.

  7. Joette Says:

    Can you give some examples, I hope people read it all!

  8. Vasu Sharrma Says:

    I am reading this article 9th time. Keep updating.When I saw this article 1st time, I liked the article.

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