would you be happy to hear that there s no lions in the african bush. and once they feel the sadness of it all, only then can they be able to step up and play a role and play their part in conserving our animals. [ sirens ] we re at the forefront of every effort of lion conservation. a lot of people talk about conservation, but hunters are the real conservationists. the most effort, the most money of people in the field, that s what the safari club does. it brings all those people together, gives them goals, gives them commonality. gives them something to work towards.
contribute to conservation because they take the pressure off wild looip lion herds in the ever decreasing habitat that they have. and it also encourages the ranch owners to actually breed the lions, because the economics of the situation are, if an animal doesn t have an economic value, the rancher is not going to grow it. the lion was raised and other lions will be raised for future hunters. this is conservation, because if it wasn t for the hunter, the lion wouldn t be there. he never would have been bred. but the lion will inevitably die anyway, but it s being hunted. but at least it has a purpose in life. i m an animal lover, therefore i m a hunter. i realize that wildlife is a very precious thing and every hunt that i go on is not about the kill. it s about the full experience. it s about getting to know the indigenous people, it s about
not right about this place. these places were saying that they were taking these lions and putting them back into nature and also that the lions are on decline in africa and they re using these breeding projects to put them back into conservation. and when do you take them away from their mother? we usually do it at about two weeks. but these guys are an exception. we give them three days. the cubs are being taken away and that produces another whole industry in itself. then you have these orphaned cubs that are put out on adoption that become a part of these intensive volunteer programs. and young, teen volunteers come in and believe that they are rearing an orphan lion cub and that they are contributing to conservation, when, in fact, in many sad cases all they re doing is rearing a cub that when
they re the right age and no longer good for photographs to pay and play gets put into a hunting situation. those poor volunteers think they re really doing something for conversation. in the meantime, they re looking after the predator owner s animals, hand rearing them, giving them milk and they sleep with them and that type of stuff. that s not conservation. everyone wants to pet a lion cub or play with a lion cub. they want a photograph of themselves on facebook with a lion cub. and the wool is pulled over their eyes. they have no idea in many cases. the feedback we get from most of these facilities is that we don t breed and that we re not involved in canned hunting. so, of course, that begs the question, where do all these cubs come from and where do all these older lions go? there is no conservation with these breeding lions in captivity. i think it s time the guys involved in that were actually honest and say this is a commercial venture. don t try to call it
what struck me about the lions i saw in the taxidermy place, they weren t scraped up, they weren t scarred. they didn t have any bush history. morning. i m gong to call this one nabu, she s like a little angel. up to date, i ve looked at two of these places. and the first time i got introduced to these breeding farms, i thought that it was all for conservation and very ethical. it had always been my dream