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Up close encounters with lions

Safari tourism provides a major boost to the economy in southern Africa.

Lions are a star attraction, but there has been a huge decline in the wild population over the last three decades.

Can a conservation project split between Zimbabwe and Zambia reverse this decline?

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Travel Show’s Ade Adepitan finds out more.

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The Travel Show02/05/2015 GMT

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