Lion Country Episode 1 (Part1)

[tombb89]

Is this the lion rehabilitation program in Zambia where you can do a volunteering job (with certain international organizations)? I'm seriously thinking about doing it this summer.

[MrMirakal]

This person is trying to do the best he can in training these lions to be assimilated in the wild but it might not work out too well because only nature and living with their wild pride can make them the perfect hunters. It's a great thing and effort this conservationist is doing but it might not be helping these cats after all.

[Dzydazz1]

if we as a society want these wildlife to flourish in their own environment , first we as humans have to stop over populating our planet doing so leads to less destruction of natural habitat and vast more land be left for wildlife.. So people stop having too much babies!!! Don't be selfish think of the animals...

[raigekimaru]

they're SOOO cute! =P

[cody12345249]

I love the intro to this show.

[SteinRobert]

Interesting, I just saw a documentary that there is too many Lions in Africa and that they in South Africa have to shoot them,

[PacquiaoVSgayweather]

the only way these wild cats should be raised in captivity is if they are injured somehow in the wild and had no way of surviving

[shortist2003]

@PacquiaoVSgayweather Nothing has worked. There must be a method to rewild the captive-born. Want to stop the destruction of habitat? Make central banks stop their irresponsible monetary policies. The housing boom was THEIR doing. Residential and commercial construction has ruined millions of acres of open spaces and wilderness. The housing boom increased clear-cutting for lumber. Excessive global economic growth kills wildlife and destroys habitat; but it also makes greedy bastards rich.

[PacquiaoVSgayweather]

there's no way these two cubs are going to learn on their own to take over a territory, the best way anyone can lions is not to raise them in captivity but save their land...their true habbitat. If these two lions one day cross another wild lions turf they're toast

[PacquiaoVSgayweather]

i know he's trying to help but you can't teach a lion to hunt better than it's parents

[xake19]

if u want to help the lions, give free condoms and birth control pills. with human population exxploding to 9 billion in 2015, more and more of the lion's lands are taken each day. stop human reproduction, stop religion, support a woman's right to choose.

[shadow1985ism]

lions are so cute even tho theyd eat u when they get older

[reldditmot]

Great work!!

[RVhypertrophy]

WOO WOO WOO..YOU KNOW IT!

[jasonmacm]

the best way to increase the lion population is to add water holes. water brings life. it's how they increased the population of asiatic lions

[mukewa0zw]

It doesn't help that, while captive breeding is being conducted, the natural habitat of the captive species continues to be destroyed, or otherwise made less hospitable to its former resident. Saving a species from extinction may well require captive breeding. Without habitat, a species is a mere caricature of what it is in the wild. The longer creatures are in captivity, the less likely they will be to ever survive on their own. With no habitat left, where will these lions go??

[pennjersey83]

@mukewa0zw

American zoos = good for lion life and hapiness

pakistan zoos= lion no like

[ed2kou1]

Why put them in the wild! Lions live longer in captivity!!

[ed2kou1]

@mukewa0zw It's a proven fact. Think about it, in the wild they have to face many obsticles. In captivity they don't need to hunt for their food, fight ect.

[mukewa0zw]

@ed2kou1 there is the stress factor you seem to ignore and the lack of exercise so these animals die unhealthy, over weight and have a sad life! Is this what you want??

[ed2kou1]

@mukewa0zw Stress factor, what are you talking about! How are you even going to try to argue, that they have it better in captivity. The only way they wouldn't have it better is if the owner didn't take care of them. Lack of exercise, they still have room to move around. I'm talking a zoo, not some guy keeping it in his back yard! In a zoo they have a great life. No hunting for the food, therefore no risk of injury, no risk of other animals taking their food. Win win for the Lions.

[mukewa0zw]

@ed2kou1 it's virtually impossible to replicate natural conditions in a zoo. Space is one factor. Animals require large amounts of space in which to roam, swim or fly. Zoos can't be that large. In captive spaces the animals are also always safe, well fed and made comfortable. Such "easy" living may make for physically healthy animals that are able to reproduce more often, but it doesn't necessarily make them genetically fitter. Visit Africa and see what life lions live and compare with a zoo!

[mukewa0zw]

Lions don't need all the hassel of people around them as they do with a zoo life, that is stess in it's self. Compare it to you living in a prison and living out int the world, we all know your choice!

[ed2kou1]

@mukewa0zw If lions were so bad in zoo's, why is it they live longer! It's a proven fact, they're better off in zoo's instead of in the wild! Your analogy makes no sense

[daveslow84]

@ed2kou1

that´s a pretty stupid remark... you obviously have no idea WHY animals live longer in captivity!!!

[ed2kou1]

@daveslow84 I feel you're remark is stupid as hell. Hey let's argue about the color of the sky, make as much sense!

[MrYhlol]

2 pple from africa disliked this

[2pac4e]

@MrYhlol That doesn't even make sense, you jackass.

[deepa1409]

I love this documentary. I want to be a wildlife veterinarian. David Youldon is awesome for doing what he does.

[mukewa0zw]

@deepa1409 .......for taking volunteers money and paying himself a good salary. Dream on you fool, he is a con having no experience in wildlife at all. Look him up in google and see what experience he really has!

[MrAlexander9011]

@mukewa0zw now if you think that for some reason the contact with humans is harmful to these lions you have already been proven wrong. just outside antelope park is a stage 2 release site with a successfully hunting and breeding pride. indeed they could soon be released to stage 3 in which all human contact will be removed. their cubs are then raised in that wild enviroment and can be released into areas which have lost lion populations. more importantly it will add diversity to the gene pool

[mukewa0zw]

@MrAlexander9011 have you ever studied or even at the least seen lion in the wild!?! Lion with humans imprint will be a threat to humans and their livestock no matter how many generations down the line. Even David Youldon has been known to state these lions will NEVER be able to be released into the 'wild', that is anywhere with out being behind a fence, captivity!

[MrAlexander9011]

@mukewa0zw your a fool. Your criticizing antelope park for making money. Please consider the fact that the more money goes into conservation the better. if you've done your research on the project you'll understand that they are currently building stage 2 and three enclosures, they have to pay for materials and labour to do this, they have to pay for wildlife to stock the park. they have to pay for meat and maintenence and on occasion specialist medical care. they have to pay a staff.

[mukewa0zw]

@MrAlexander9011 you are a fool to say this! Volunteers pay Antelope Park to work there! There are very few local people from the surrounding villages working there while many are staving on the outside of the park.The wildlife is bought from other wildlife parks that support hunting. Lions have been successfully relocated into the wild with out any human contact as this & with out this expense either.

Lioness don't have their cub snatched from them so you can 'cuddle them. Wake up fool!!

[princeiion]

LOVE  NATURE

[slained09]

wtf lions r endangered now?

omfg this world is fucked. humans ruined it... hope we all die

[SCARLETFOREVERDEAL]

I am hoping to buy this documentary on lions "LION COUNTRY" magnificent program

[mukewa0zw]

Cubs are often removed from their mother as early as three days after birth. Not only do the cubs lose out on colostrum, which builds their endemic immunities, but it forces the lioness back into oestrus, which ensures a constant supply of petting lions. 'So they are continually coming into heat and those animals are actually over-bred.' 'In the wild, cubs are weaned at three months of age.

This is 'Petting tourism' - also known as animal pimping.

[mukewa0zw]

They are kind of always going to be associated with humans in some way, so there's no chance of re-wilding an animal.

As cubs 'They literally don't get a chance to rest; they are babies, they need time to rest & sleep.' Viral, respiratory & nutritional problems are common in hand-raised predators.

'These animals are prone to lower immunity & also the fact that they come into contact with humans, who can bring zoonotic diseases like ringworm & diseases from their domestic cats.'

[mukewa0zw]

David Youlden. This individualist is a con-conservationist who has no idea in what he is saying & doing. A self-aggrandizer using others research.

A Con-Conservationist.

[KhongDaniel]

The cubs are so cute, they don't just go missing but will follow the handler around without any leash

[TheSaswatam]

thnxxz 4 uploadng.....!! these 2 cubes R so damn cute..!!

[TheSaswatam]

thnxxz 4 uploadng.....!!

[DaxterD1]

David is doing such a good thing. I have personally been to his Livingstone site and I know how successful this is. Volunteering is tough, but rewarding and memorable ^^

[mukewa0zw]

@DaxterD1 another brainwashed victim of David Youled!

[88Mapleleafs88]

5:56 GANGSTER............. how do you expect the cubs to trust you, when your doing these sneak attacks to them i.e closing the cage on him and the tranquilizer when she thinks she thinks shes safe in the cage?

[88Mapleleafs88]

5:56 GANGSTER

[HenryDavidT]

It's NOT an "African problem;" it's only in Africa that people preserve most of the world large, majestic animals we still have In N. America & W. European parts of the world, virtually all native animals which are large &/or in need of a lot of space & prey, have been KILLED off by the 1800 - 1900s. It's a HOMO SAPIENs problem: Americans & Europeans, on a per capita basis, waste 5-9 times the resources other people waste & not all those resources come from N. America or W. Europe.

[HenryDavidT]

It's obvious enough & yet it needs repeating: The problem is not that lions are falling behind in their ability to be lions. The problem is that MAN has taken over every square inch of wild, productive land in the world, leaving these majestic animals in no more than a few tiny, isolated parks. Poaching, lack of space and prey, dwindling & isolated population, inbreeding due to shrinking gene pool which causes recessive genetic expressions, etc. --- they all work against the lions now.

[elijahthesamurai]

@primummovens...."stop human growth" lol, & how do you suppose that's gonna happen 'kill' everyone, force everyone into another country. Face it we live in a world where we cant control anything not lions, not people, not behavior all we can do is educate ourselves, teach others, & do our part where we can not speak ridiculous over-idealistic rhetoric that has no real potential.

[primummovens]

This is ridiculous. As long as the African human population grows, lions will be have to go. A "real" solution would be to stop human growth.

[Adriangrosvenor]

@primummovens These ppl having 9 and 10 children are the problem, and the the children repeating that cycle. Whats wrong with 4/3 children the max

[Caro2471]

@Adriangrosvenor

You have a good point, but having 3/4 children still increases the population.

[BLowes45]

Whomever had the gall to dislike this oughta be smacked! This guy is trying to help save a species!

[mukewa0zw]

@BLowes45 try understanding what conservation is really about first, where and who should be involved in working these projects. Africa has plenty open wild places so why breed in captivity like the U.K. and the rest of the world that thinks breeding behind fences is the way forward!

This is a money making, con-conservation run by a bunch of self-aggrandizer individualists using volunteers money to full their selfish greeds.

[LeonardoYokhana]

@BLowes45 relax those dudes probobly lost a family member from a lion

[ToiToiToiHerrKaleun]

@BLowes45 lions are a pest and need to be eradicated

[Mr12inches1]

@ToiToiToiHerrKaleun Lions are a pest wht????? Human being is the most dangerous animal which has fucked up the world more than any other animal. A lion will only attack you if it is hungry or he sees u as a threat but humans will attack other humans and animals just for pleasure or selfish reasons. Now tell me who is the pest.

[PacquiaoVSgayweather]

@ToiToiToiHerrKaleun you're view is sad

[straat04]

@ToiToiToiHerrKaleun People like you must be destroyed. This will be another, better world than.

[shortist2003]

@BLowes45 Probably a hyena.

[Yaqidh]

At the 1:00 min, looks exactly like the ending scene of "Georges Adamson king of the lions" documentary.

[kishanman1]

AWWE SOO CUTE !

[Icausedthe911]

look it's Simba!!

[Grill28233]

I Love lion !!