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Zebra

A zebra in Ngorongoro Crater.

Online Resources

We recommend these Web sites for those interested in the subjects shown on the program. All links are valid as of July 16, 1999.

The Lion Research Center
www.lionresearch.org/
The Web site of Dr. Craig Packer and his research team, with detailed explanations of the decades-long study of lions in Ngorongoro Crater.

EcoNews Africa
www.web.apc.org/~econews/ena5-4b.html
An article on the controversial conservation plans for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Tanzania Tourist Board
www.tanzania-web.com/home2.htm
Tourist information on Tanzania, the Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater.

Project Life Lion
way.net/wspa/lifelion.html
The World Society for the Preservation of Animals' efforts to save the Ngorongoro lions from canine distemper.

East Africa, Round Lake Victoria
www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/2533/eastafrica.html
A detailed account of a journey to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the Serengeti plains, and other landmarks in East Africa.

Ngorongoro lions weakened by Genetic Isolation
www.pages.org/bcs/bcs026.html
Commentary on an article by Craig Packer that appeared in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.

Lion
dialspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/lion.htm
A biographical sketch of the animal from Big Cats Online.

Ngorongoro Front Page
www-trees.slu.se/ngorongoro/ngfront.html
A site concerning the conflict between developers and the Masai.

African Wildlife News
www.awf.org/news/
The African Wildlife Foundation's regular newsletter.

Print Resources

For those interested in the subjects shown in THE CRATER LIONS, we recommend the following books and print articles.

------. "Secret Lives of Cats." WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, June 1996.

Packer, Craig. "Captives in the Wild: The Lions of Ngorongoro Crater." NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, April 1992.

Packer, Craig. INTO AFRICA. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Schaller, George. THE SERENGETI LION. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973.

Video

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