i m not aware of any captive lions that have made it successfully in the wild. it s been trialed numerous occasions, probably to the expense of millions of dollars. but it s not a viable conservation option. so what do you say to the people who say lions are endangered? i don t know what they re talking about. they don t have the facts. the truth is lion numbers are going up daily as we speak. many of the hunters you speak to will even say that the lion populations that they hunt are increasing, or at least stable. that s a little bit like saying the world is flat or there s no climate change. you design the argument that keeps you doing what you want to do.
i m not aware of any captive lions that have made it successfully in the wild. it s been trialed numerous occasions, probably to the expense of millions of dollars. but it s not a viable conservation option. so what do you say to the people who say lions are endangered? i don t know what they re talking about. they don t have a fence. the truth is lion numbers are going up daily as we speak. mf ott hunters you speak to will even say that the lion populations that they hunt are increasing, or at least stable. that s a little bit like saying the world is flat. or there s no climate change. you design the argument that keeps you doing what you want to do.
all together. it was with the bow that walter palmer wounded cecil and killed him. christine. a lot of attention on lions, but hunting and poaching in africa effects a lot of different animals actually. reporter: that s right. we have been talking about lions a lot in the last few days. that is a serious issue. lion numbers have dropped 90% in the several decades. lions itself are not endangered in southern africa. what we have seen is them being hunted and poached. also huge poaching in zimbabwe and other parts of africa of rh rhino and elephant. it is often weak environmental management that is causing the poachers to come in and sending goods to china. this is effecting the
dollars. that money can be funneled back but lion numbers have plummeted up to 90% in africa. should trophy hunting be a crime? this is murder. it s cold blood killing of a creature that cannot defend. if she can, then we are equal. other conservationists want the killing of cecil to spark change. cnn, lion s rock south africa. if you have checked out #cecil the lieon you know it angered people around the world. we will show you a few comments. kristi posted this on twitter saying sickening, sad, and an embarrassment to america. rip. just once i would like to see a
like this woman. for me, it s a form of sickness. reporter: does it make you angry? extremely angry. reporter: she runs lion s rock a sanctuary in south africa that has rescued scores of big cats. many of them were bred just to be hunted. when he s just a few weeks old, khan was taken away from his brother, bred to be killed. and trophy hunters for a gorgeous black mane lion like that will pay tens of thousands of dollars. lion numbers have plummeted, up to 90% in africa. wow. should trophy hunting be a crime? this is murder. it s really cold-blooded killing of a creature that cannot defend because if she can defend okay