Lioness in front of Tower Hirst on the Downs

When everything around you seems to be in chaos, spend a little time on the downs in Bristol.  There are beautiful wild flowers in the gorge, goats, peregrine falcons and now lions to consider.  The lions are part of the Born Free exhibition that is touring the country at the moment.  Loss of prey, loss of habitat and humans entering their world is leading them to extinction. In 1950 there were believed to be about 450,000 lions in the world, today it is suggested that between 20,000 and 30,000 lions are left.