Vanishing Kings: Desert Lions of the Namib

Story

On the edge of the Namibian desert, cattle farmers are looking for new land to graze their animals. The lions, who occupied these previously wild spaces, are hunted by herd guards, or even slaughtered when they attack cows. Will and Lianne Steenkamp lived for two years in a territory occupied by a 17-year-old lioness - a "queen" -, her two daughters and their five lion cubs. This film traces the process of empowering the young: after learning to hunt alone, they will have to leave the family pack and find young females to reproduce. A necessity all the greater as their species seems threatened.

Kurzinfos

Originaltitel

Vanishing Kings: Desert Lions of the Namib

Status

Released

Start

27.05.2015

Laufzeit

46 min

Originalsprache

en

Genres

Dokumentarfilm