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The human population of the continent
非洲大陸的人口
has just exceeded one billion.
剛剛超過了十億
And many wild animals are being hunted commercially for food.
許多野生動物被獵殺以獲取食物
Some, legally,
有些捕獵合法
but many, illegally.
但大部分是非法的
Wildlife meat is often sold as goat or beef.
野生動物肉通常被當做山羊肉或牛肉銷售
The amount is astonishing.
總數十分驚人
Millions of tonnes are eaten across Africa every year.
非洲每年都有幾百萬噸動物被吃掉
At this rate, some species are almost certainly heading for extinction.
按這種速度 有些物種將瀕臨滅絕
But commercial hunting is not just affecting the grazers.
但商業捕獵不僅影響食草動物
As the prey decreases, it's affecting the predators too.
獵物減少 捕食者也會受到影響
50 years ago,
50年前
there were about half a million lions in Africa.
非洲大約有50萬頭獅子
Today, there are less than 30,000.
如今 只剩不到3萬頭
But in one particular part of Africa,
但在非洲的一個小角落
things are improving in a quite extraordinary way.
情況以一種獨特的方式在慢慢好轉
These hunters have become part of a new and unlikely alliance.
狩獵者們結成全新的 看似不太可能的聯盟
