@Yaosedroo The filmmakers did not shoot the lion--it's the safari hunters who did. This was shown to exemplify the enormity of the problem--lions are disappearing and are in serious trouble. Trophy hunting of large male lions disrupts prides and is absolutely devastating in effect.
Part of the answer may be staring at us in the face: we isolate & devastate the gene pool of these giant cats to the extend where phenotypes, even still at 30K, no longer sway: it's the small & rapidly diminishing, over-all genotypes (particuarly in small, isolated & "safe" pockets of lions, as shown here, w/ too many deleterious, recessive genes expressing through high in-breeding ratios) that is causing these internal-sister-infanticide & other related self/group destructive acts...
Why did they shoot the lion at 18:35 ? :(
Yaosedroo 4 months ago
@Yaosedroo The filmmakers did not shoot the lion--it's the safari hunters who did. This was shown to exemplify the enormity of the problem--lions are disappearing and are in serious trouble. Trophy hunting of large male lions disrupts prides and is absolutely devastating in effect.
pchellini 3 months ago
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Yaosedroo 4 months ago
@HenryDavidT....that couldn't have been better stated. I agree. What a mad world we live in.
bobbiedepriest1 5 months ago
Part of the answer may be staring at us in the face: we isolate & devastate the gene pool of these giant cats to the extend where phenotypes, even still at 30K, no longer sway: it's the small & rapidly diminishing, over-all genotypes (particuarly in small, isolated & "safe" pockets of lions, as shown here, w/ too many deleterious, recessive genes expressing through high in-breeding ratios) that is causing these internal-sister-infanticide & other related self/group destructive acts...
HenryDavidT 11 months ago