NOT A GOOD YEAR FOR LIONS with PIETER KAT
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Throughout human history Lions have represented royalty and power and universally symbolize hope, courage and strength. Around the world Lions are heralded through art, literature to representations on flags to national emblems to sports. Like no other animal, Lions directly appeal to people spanning all ages regardless of culture, race, and national origin. My guest Pieter Kat of LionAid provides us an insight and perception into lions not only as an ancient species and how our evolution relates to them, but to their drastic population decline and our disastrous failures to protect them. Lions face entirely new sets of human related challenges, from habitat loss to this surge of industrialized captive utilization- the farming lions as a commodity for a burgeoning industry pandering to human entertainment not just recognizing their importance to us sociologically, also an apex predator and critical component of our wild world. www.lionaid.org
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