CITES CoP17 continues and the conservation world holds its collective breath. This week we meet Lion Ecologist Jason Turner, Head of Operations of the Global White Lion Protection Trust and get his take on the CITES deliberations. Linda Tucker puts the unfolding events into global context, and suggests a way forward. *As we write this, CITES have just announced the continuation of the lion bone trade into Eastern markets. Lions remain at Appendix 2. This tragedy – this travesty – could speed up the extinction of lions in our lifetime. Did CITES just pave the way for Leocide? What does this say about humanity? Who pays these CITES decision makers? Linda Tucker asks some difficult questions and presents a possible new paradigm. We always have choice.
One United Roar can be heard on Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network.
One United Roar for Lions and Nature is a call to arms. It invites all of humanity to stand up, stand together and stand strong in support of Lions – and all of nature. After all, who will speak for the lions if not us? Why lions? Because lions are the capstone animal in their ecosystem, and science tells us that if the Capstone animal disappears, the entire ecology will collapse. This is the ecology that supports all of humanity and all of life. White Lions, specifically, are the apex, and there are fewer than a dozen of them living in their endemic habitat. We are that close to the precipice. How to turn back? By following the keys provided by the lions themselves, the 12 Laws of LionHearted Leadership which Linda Tucker unpacks in her shows with humour, joy and a deep celebration of Sacred Warriorship and the Divinity of Life.
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