im seeing this ruckus about animals a plenty, since ive played i think i have seen in any of my games ( i play a lot) 1 elephant, and like 3 wolves, doesnt matter if its a empty island i come across or my own lands, i may see a solo lion when i first start my explorers out to the bush, but other then that i dont see animals at all since .22 the barbarians have somewhat disappeared also, there out there, but no difference other then a drop off, animals though, nada, wish i could get some. I captured the one lion i saw and put em into my capital but so many animals needed to complete it was hopeless i dont know if im the only one, but maybe my map style is the reason (huge planet, Islands)