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The Last Lions
Paperback, 175 pages, Random House Inc, List Price: $24 | purchase
Book Summary
Depicts the lions of Botswana's Okavango Delta as they engage in an ageless rhythm of life and death with their prey, the dangerous and aggressive African buffalo.
Genres:
This book is about:
- African buffalo,
- Okavango River Delta,
- Botswana,
- Lion,
- Pictorial works
NPR stories about The Last Lions
Animals
Without Intervention, Lions Heading For Extinction
March 2, 2011 The worldwide lion population has declined a staggering 90 percent in the past 50 years. In their documentary The Last Lions, conservationists Beverly and Dereck Joubert track the giant hunters across Bostwana and warn that without intervention, lions may soon go extinct.
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