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Sources:

1.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiapBbYhK-g

2.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-h_1OZ_qtg

3.      https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-01/bite-club-welcomes-man-mauled-by-lion-among-predator-survivors/101699554

4.      https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-you-embrace-your-lion-richard-field?published=u&fbclid=IwY2xjawLnnYNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE4T3lnaUFaTUpDdDVqcXd6AR7llrUNKq6sYwxesHRQ_-v6NX7VXlNVrGWft0EVoffHrfM6rrCPNwl3lDRnhw_aem_Z6OGQBjZInQq2Vjbj0-h_w

5.      https://africanimpact.com/blog/african-lion/

6.      https://www.bornfreeusa.org/species/lions/

7.      https://globalconservation.org/endangered-species/african-lion

8.      https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-survive-a-lion-attack-6523224/

9.      https://www.africanparks.org/save-lionsm

10. https://www.theafricanwild.com/survive-the-big-five/

11. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-survive-a-lion-attack-6523224/

12. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/130802-lions-trophy-hunting-extinction-opinion-animals-africa-conservation#:~:text=There%20are%20several%20reasons%20why,the%20communities%20affected%20by%20hunting.

13. https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/lion

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