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Feline infectious peritonitis is a viral disease affecting old cats or cats infected with feline leukemia
virus. Symptoms include loss of appetite, fever, depression, weight loss, anemia, roughening of fur,
difficulty breathing because of accumulation of water in the abdomen.
The lion population in Africa as of 2016: South Africa 3284, Botswana 3063, Namibia 801, Zimbabwe
1362, Mozambique 678, Zambia 2349, Tanzania 10752, Kenya 2515, Ethiopia 1239 and South Sudan
866. **
The lion population in Asia as of May 2015, 109 adult male lions, 201 adult lionesses and 213 cubs.
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** These populations vary from year to year.
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