NATURE (PBS) - The Vanishing Lions (Part 6/6)

(Part 6/6)
Africa's lion population appears to be declining at an alarming rate. NATURE's The Vanishing Lions searches for explanations and solutions to the troubling trend.

Across Africa, the King of Beasts is in trouble. In the late 20th century, wildlife preserves were created to curtail safari hunting, but the African lion population continues to decline. Their numbers have dwindled from 100,000 in the early 1990s to no more than 30,000 and as few as 16,000 today. What could be endangering the King of Beasts?

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• Wildlife
• Africa
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[Nutella55]

Great video.  Where are the other parts? Thanks.

[raiden098]

They were removed on request by BBC unfortunately.

[HenryDavidT]

The FACT that almost all of the world's remaining large animals (even if they continue to decline rapidly) are found in ONLY South America, Africa, & Asia says something about the "primitive" & poor Natives & their care for nature: they have been able to live with large animals for the LONGEST. Large, wild & majestic animals existed in both N. America & Europe, too; but the LAST ONES were killed off about 200 years ago, by Europeans & Americans.

[HenryDavidT]

It's really a shame, really, to make the local Masai as a people who have no love, understanding, or regard for their local majestic lions. It's really an over-all, global, human population pressure --- a demand for food, space, good land for vast private ranches, for precious metals, or sporting reserves, etc --- that had reduced the populations of the world's large & majestic animals, NOT any local people....

[persebra]

@lizardtown

oh please, like you wouldnt have a problem with lion prides in your backyard. where do you live, suburbia usa?

[highschoolmusicalis1]

you are a human!

all of US are humans.

[sinwanba]

good video,

nature does have a way to fix itself, however when humans try to destroy nature, in the end, nature will triumph, humans will be the prey of the great predator, Nature.

[dgarforth1]

shoot humans!

[GoogleVideoMan]

Humans are cancer. Your right animals are only worth existing if they benefit us in some way, but thats not always the case for some poor animals.

[extremewalk]

Nature will find its own way.