Vanishing Kings - Lions Of The Namib Dessert

Directed by: Shu, Meng-Lan   Produced by: Shu Meng-Lan

Synopsis: Deep within the oldest desert in the world, the Namib, there exists the world’s only desert lions. They have many outstanding hunting skills and have mysteriously existed separated from the world for centuries. But, starting in the 1970’s, because of poaching their global population dropped to only twenty, nearing extinction. But, one Namibian scientist, Philip Standar, Ph.D, invested thirty years of research and conservation, finally bringing this precious species back from the edge of extinction. Now, the lions number 130.