Safari Smart – How Cub Petting and Lion Walks REALLY Affect Lions

https://youtu.be/80FKpg_OgIw

To help you make informed decisions about wildlife tourism activities in Africa, this video covers the captive lion industry. This was originally filmed in March 2020. As of March 2022 South Africa has said that it intends to put an end to its captive lion industry. What this looks like for those lions, we don’t yet know, and there are still more countries the world over involved in the lion industry. Bottle-feeding, cub petting, and lion walks can end in trophy hunting, health neglect, and the bone trade. Some lions are lucky, unfortunately many are not. Be aware before you travel.

Intro – 0:01
Lion Walks as “Release” Programs – 2:29
Captive Lion’s Life Cycle – 4:45
Conservation Efforts – 14:48
Lions Aren’t Pets – 16:41
Information Sources – 20:20

These are some sources used for researching this video. Please feel free to take a look and double check me or learn more:
Breeding lions mistreated: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/an...
Lion Whisperer’s website: https://www.lionwhisperer.co.za/conse...
Lion Whisperer video on Cub Petting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LMKb...
Lion Hearted, by Andrew Loveridge (Zimbabwean biologist): https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho...
Poached, by Rachel Love Nuwer: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Sirga the Lioness: https://www.gofundme.com/f/loewe - read her story (click “more” to expand) for maintenance costs needed to “free” lions raised by humans
Warning for lion volunteers: https://africageographic.com/stories/...

Links to my quick-read book on travel and especially safaris (it’s a humour book, so very different tone from this video):
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B089YWWL53/r...
Apple: https://books.apple.com/ca/book/will-...
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/will...

Also, my historical novel The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Forest...
Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B09315YKY1...