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to protect the endangered species. hello. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk — as well as the united states, france and china — are to be evacuated "in the coming hours". these are saudi state tv pictures of a boat reported to be carrying saudi citizens and some other nationals arriving injeddah, across the red sea from sudan. other ships are said to be due to dock injeddah later. the head of sudan's military agreed to facilitate the evacuation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. the saudi broadc...

What is happening with this population and what can we do to bring back the lion population. yeah, and i understand they're more endangered than elephants and rhinos. that's not something that people would necessarily expect. no, no—one knows this. they. . .they think there's just lots of lions everywhere, but there's only about 20,000 africa. they're only living in about 8% of their historical range. if you think about it, between the first lion king and second lion king, lion numbers have gone by half — they've dropped by half, so the numbers are really low and it's a huge concern for no...

Lions that have made it successfully in the wild. it's been tried numerous occasions, probably to the expense of millions of dollars. but it's not a viable conservation option. >> so what do you say to the people who say lions are endangered? >> i don't know what they're talking about. they don't have a fence. the truth is lion numbers are going up daily as we speak. >> many of the hunters you speak to will even say that the lion populations that they hunt are increasing, or at least stable. that's a little bit like saying the world is flat. or there's no climate change. you design the argumen...

Ability to hunt, to basically survive in a natural setting and compete against other carnivores. i'm not aware of any captive lions that have made it successfully in the wild. it's been trialed numerous occasions, probably to the expense of millions of dollars. but it's not a viable conservation option. >> so what do you say to the people who say lions are endangered? >> i don't know what they're talking about. they don't have a fence. the truth is lion numbers are going up daily as we speak. >> many of the hunters you speak

I'm not aware of any captive lions that have made it successfully in the wild. it's been trialed numerous occasions, probably to the expense of millions of dollars. but it's not a viable conservation option. >> so what do you say to the people who say lions are endangered? >> i don't know what they're talking about. they don't have a fence. the truth is lion numbers are going up daily as we speak. >> mf ott hunters you speak to will even say that the lion populations that they hunt are increasing, or at least stable. that's a little bit like saying the world is flat. or there's no climate chan...