After years making documentary films to educate the West about
the need to preserve African wildlife, Beverly and Dereck Joubert are turning
their sights on a new target.
The
South African couple’s 22 previous films have raised awareness throughout much
of the world about the dwindling numbers of lions and other “big cats” in their
natural habitats.
Now
they believe they need to broaden their audience to include China.
Leaning
over the dashboard of their custom-modified Land Cruiser, Dereck Joubert57,
keeps a watchful eye on the six lions in the grass a few feet in front of him.
“We’ve
made a mess of Africa’s wildlife population. Colonialism brought trophy hunting
and today we’re losing five lions a day to poaching and hunting,” he says.
Their
work has focused on the steady decline of big cats across the globe.
The
most recent documentary premiers at 10 p.m. Sunday on the cable channel NatGeo
Wild. “Game of Lions” tells the story of a group of young males and the dangers
they face as they seek to become the one battle-scarred warrior who will lead
the pride. It’s part of NatGeo’s popular Big Cat Week.
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