I googled up the 70 miles we walked through forest and bush across the Afram Plains in '81, a road runs through there now
Hardly a surprise, the population has more than doubled in the intervening 30 years.
Surprisingly, an estimated 300 elephants still persist not far to the east of our route in Digya National Park. A handful of unconfirmed lion reports in the general region since 2000, almost certainly single individuals dispersing south from the Burkina Faso population.
Interestingly, it turns out the West African lion belongs to the North African/Indian genetic clade. Running smaller and leggier than the famous East/South African plains version. Usually found in single pairs (or a male with two females) and their young.
Pretty much the way lions were depicted the the Middle Ages and Rennaisance era.
Birdwatcher
