Last visual record of a wild Barbary Lion in North Africa (1925)
What about it?
A lion was seen in the Atlas Mountains during a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route. The photograph, taken by Marcelin Flandrin in 1925, is the last visual record of a wild "Barbary" lion of North Africa. The photograph was taken on a flight between Casablanca and Dakar. There are currently fewer than 90 of them in captivity worldwide. They are part of a global breeding program aimed at helping to revive the population.