Africa's Big Five
animals refer to the elephant, lion, buffalo, rhinoceros and
leopard and were so named as they were the most difficult
animals to hunt by foot and the term was later adopted by
those running safaris across Africa. Due to prolific hunting both lions
and bush elephants in Africa are now classified as endangered
species. the leopard and white rhino 'near threatened' whilst
any hunting of the black rhino is forbidden under
international agreement as it is near extinction.
Of all the Big Five Africa animals
only the buffalo exists in sufficient numbers to be currently
considered not threatened and is thus game for hunting. Although many of the
Big Five animals can be found across Africa, all five of them
together can only be located in the sub-Saharan countries of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,
Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. For more information,
pictures and videos about each of Africa's Big Five animals see below.
Big Five Animals: African Lion
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