Panthera: Walking with Lions: The Myth of Conservation
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
... simply don't have the skills and experience to survive. Many of the tame lions released by Joy and George Adamson (of 'Born Free' and Christian the Lion fame) starved to death, were killed by people and wild lions or, in some cases, killed people themselves and were shot. (Photo courtesy of Luke Hunter) The more sophisticated operations counter this by declaring that tame, tourist-friendly...