Low Fare Africa » Lion http://lowfareafrica.com “Karell Travel is the Authority on African Safaris, Holidays, flights, lodges, and hotels.” Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:47:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc 60 Minutes Spotlights the Plight of the African Lion http://lowfareafrica.com/destinations/kenya/60-minutes-spotlights-the-plight-of-the-african-lion/ http://lowfareafrica.com/destinations/kenya/60-minutes-spotlights-the-plight-of-the-african-lion/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:51:33 +0000 Craig http://lowfareafrica.com/?p=258 Last night’s edition of CBS’ 60 Minutes highlighted the ongoing struggle against illegal lion poisoning going on in Kenya. Farmers, whose financial livelihoods depend on their cattle, can ill afford to have lions poaching from their herds. Consequently they often resort to disposing of problem lions. The result has been an alarming drop in the lion population. View the full report on the issue and how conservationists and governments are working to solve it below.


Watch CBS Videos Online

]]> http://lowfareafrica.com/destinations/kenya/60-minutes-spotlights-the-plight-of-the-african-lion/feed/ 0