Saving Nigeria’s last lions
By DW
01 December 2018 |
10:19 am
In a Nigerian national park, the fight is on to save the country's last lions. Ranger Mathias Inagberue is trying to find better ways to protect them. But poachers, conflicts and disease are a huge challenge.
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