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How a new U.S. law protects lions in Africa

Clip: 12/21/2015 | 5m 3s

African lions are getting new protections from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

African lions are getting new protections from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Five months after an American hunter killed an animal named Cecil in Zimbabwe, a new classification will help prohibit imports of lion trophies from Central and West Africa. Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the change.

12/21/2015 | Rating NR

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