Kenya Lion Killings Spur Extinction Alarm, Innovations
Friday, June 13, 2008 - 14:28
in Biology & Nature
Lions in Amboseli could be gone in a few years, conservationists say. New programs pay local Maasai tribespeople not to kill the big cats, and in some cases, to actively protect them.
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