With South Africa In Lockdown, The Lions Are Taking It Very Easy

Lack of humans allows Lions to sleep on road in South Africa amid COVID-19 Lockdown

Whether it’s goats in Wales or wild boar in Italy, animals around the world appear to be adjusting well to life without humans during the coronavirus outbreak.

Even lions are enjoying the peace and quiet, a set of new photos from South Africa’s Kruger National Park shows.

On a normal day, the area would be busy with tourists, but Kruger has been shut since March 25 as part of South Africa’s nationwide lockdown to combat coronavirus.

Lying on the road during the daytime is unusual because under normal circumstances there would be traffic and that pushes them into the bush

Although visitors are banned, food delivery, fuel provision, security and emergency services as well as wildlife crime operations are continuing, South African National Parks.

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