Brevard Zoo is Building a Home for Lions in Expedition Africa, On Track for Completion in 2021

By  //  July 22, 2019

new habitat will keep lions safe from the threats facing their counterparts in Africa

KING OF THE JUNGLE: The Brevard Zoo has announced that they are taking the next step by supporting AZA’s lion Species Survival Plan and building a home for these magnificent cats at the Zoo, where they will be safe from the threats facing their counterparts in Africa and help ensure a future for lions in human care. (Brevard Zoo image)

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The Brevard Zoo has announced that they are taking the next step by supporting AZA’s lion Species Survival Plan and building a home for these magnificent cats at the Zoo, where they will be safe from the threats facing their counterparts in Africa and help ensure a future for lions in human care.

This habitat, which will be located in a yet-to-be-determined area of Expedition Africa, is on track for completion in 2021.

You can do your part by “voting” for African People & Wildlife’s Northern Tanzania Big Cats Conservation Initiative at the Q4C kiosk this summer, donating to Lion Recovery Fund or just spreading the word about the plight of lions.

If you would like to help the Brevard Zoo bring lions to the Zoo through a financial contribution, please contact Karen Davis at kdavis@brevardzoo.org or 321-254-9453, ext. 242.

To celebrate the debut of the Lion King remake, the Walt Disney Company – in conjunction with Lion Recovery Fund and Association of Zoos & Aquariums – has launched a global campaign called Protect the Pride that aims to double the number of lions in their natural range by 2050.

Disney’s The Lion King was first released in theaters 25 years ago. Since then, we have lost half of Africa’s lion population to habitat loss, the bushmeat trade, trophy hunting and retaliatory killing stemming from human-lion conflict.

Through the Quarters for Conservation (Q4C) initiative, Brevard Zoo has donated more than $70,000 to big cat conservation in the past decade.

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