Our second full day in Zambia we hopped on another bus first thing in the morning to do the Lion Encounter. This program is helping to rebuild the African Lion population, that has been depleted by 75-80% over the last 30 years due to humans and poaching. This programs slowly releases lions into larger habitats and eventually will have cubs born from these lions we saw that will be released into the wild. Any lions that have had human interaction will not be released into the wild, but their offspring will be. It is a young program with great potential and I was glad to help them out by doing this great experience.
We got to take and hour walk in the bush with Besa and Bimba, two 8 month old sisters. And we got to get close with them. We pet them and watched them play in their habitat. It was pretty neat to be a part of.
I was the first one to get to pet the lions. They taught us before how to approach them, how to respond if they "looked" at us the wrong way, or how to react if they came towards us aggressively.
We were walking in the wild where earlier that morning rhinos and elephants were spotted right where we were walking.
An amazing experience that I will remember forever. What amazing animals.
Our second full day in Zambia we hopped on another bus first thing in the morning to do the Lion Encounter. This program is helping to rebuild the African Lion population, that has been depleted by 75-80% over the last 30 years due to humans and poaching. This programs slowly releases lions into larger habitats and eventually will have cubs born from these lions we saw that will be released into the wild. Any lions that have had human interaction will not be released into the wild, but their offspring will be. It is a young program with great potential and I was glad to help them out by doing this great experience.
We got to take and hour walk in the bush with Besa and Bimba, two 8 month old sisters. And we got to get close with them. We pet them and watched them play in their habitat. It was pretty neat to be a part of.
I was the first one to get to pet the lions. They taught us before how to approach them, how to respond if they "looked" at us the wrong way, or how to react if they came towards us aggressively.
We were walking in the wild where earlier that morning rhinos and elephants were spotted right where we were walking.
An amazing experience that I will remember forever. What amazing animals. 
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!? That's crazy and awesome...how scared were you?
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