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They see lions on tv, t-shirts, used as logos. animal planets running a 12-hour marathon of lion programming in honor of the day. look at numbers 30,000 lions in africa compared to 250,000 back in 1975. do you think that cecils death will have any long-term impact on proper conservation, or that this is going to be something that has our attention for moment and then it dissipates? >> thomas, i think expiration of cecil in a dramatic and unethical fashion focussed and polarized us. polarized, so...

The move to lift the ban comes on world hunting day. animal planet is running a 12-hour marathon of some of its most memorable lion programming. joining us now is dave salmoni. why would zimbabwe lift the ban on big game hunting specifically in what appears to be such quick steps, so quickly here? >> i assume the pressure from the professional hunters. you know, the income that they get is pretty significant from the hunting side of things. so i imagine that pressure. there would be a lot of peo...