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00:04 Africa is an important habitat for wild animals, including the king of all animals, lions.
00:09 With the rapid growth of African population in recent years,
00:12 and the expansion of agriculture and urban development,
00:14 humans are forced to compete with animals for land,
00:17 which has led to a great reduction in the habitat of wild lions.
00:20 According to experts,
00:21 about 200,000 wild lions lived in Africa 100 years ago.
00:24 But to date, only about 20,000 lions have survived in Africa.
00:28 The situation in Kenya is even more unpleasant, with only about 2,500 lions left.
00:33 If the relevant authorities no longer pay attention to this issue,
00:35 experts estimate that African lions may die before 2050.
00:40 African lions lie on the ground,
00:43 raising their ears and observing the surroundings seriously.
00:46 Tourists stay in the caravan and closely observe the lions' living conditions.
00:52 As the habitat is constantly shrinking due to the migration of prey and human influence,
00:56 the lions are dying out.
00:58 Wild animal protectionists are worried that
01:00 the future generations may never see the living lions again.
01:05 "We're on the way down.
01:06 Our children, our grandchildren, many of them will never see anything in their life.
01:11 They'll just see it in a book, a picture. Isn't that sad?"
01:15 To improve the survival rate of lions,
01:17 scientists emphasize that the authorities need to take long-term solutions
01:20 to reduce the lion's habitat,
01:23 and propose a community-based approach to the lions.
01:28 "The community come in and coexist together with the lions,
01:32 together with other animals.
01:34 And that way, the benefits that even come out of the ecosystems,
01:39 because at the end of the day,
01:41 they will have an incentive to conserve these rare species, the lions."
01:46 According to the World Wildlife Fund,
01:48 there are only about 23,000 wild lions left.
01:52 In addition, human invasion of the lion habitat
01:54 has led to the division and reduction of the lion species.
01:57 So the future of lions is not impossible.
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