Reading the comments on the Algerian page, interesting to see how many clowns blame "colonials" and "colonialisation" on the extinction of all the species.

Standard modern PC third world misinformation. Perhaps partly true if there was no conservation efforts, I don't know.

One commenter claimed the German zoo got the Barbary lions from Rabat Zoo. Another informed poster corrected it and said the Rabat lions came from Germany, not the other way round ...

Wouldn't it be great to see this species back into some wild reserve again. Assuming the locals wouldn't poach them instantly. Lots of comments about the crazies in Algeria nowadays by other Algerians.