Session 8 lecture-Simba

[Stella Castro]

It was very nice to have Mr. Simba come to our seminar and talk to us about his adventures and life in Africa. I thought as did National Geographic that Mr. Simba a Chinese National was a rarity to want to go to Africa and help out the wildlife, mainly the Lions. Granted that upon seeing the video pertaining to the help Mr. Simba wants and has been able to do in Africa, goes to show that he is a true believer and advocate for the lions. As in the video/documentary it states that in? There were about a billion lions, and now there is only about? thanks to the human civilization. Granted that if a lion, or a group of lions) is called, (A Pride), if they get to near the people or their villages, it would call for drastic measures, meaning kill the beast, or ale get eaten by them. It’s a dog eat dog world, so everyone has to fend for themselves. However if the lions continue to be killed and phased out then they would probably become a next item on the endangered species list. Of course that probably would take a long time but upon seeing the statistics that Mr. Simba presented, it probably won’t take that long of a time. Watching the documentary Was a delight and a treat for us, (Actually I should speak for myself, as I do not know how my colleagues felt about the lecture. Lions always have intrigued me, THAT IS THE FIRST ANIMAL I want to go see when I visit a zoo. So I commend Mr. Simba for braving himself to go to Africa and help put this species of animals. I, myself, would be petrified to do what Mr. Simba DOES, but as he pointed out the lions do not bother him, as maybe they know he is there for a mission only, and that is to help them out. To save them from the villagers attacking and killing the lions. One thing I thought about was that Mr. Simba spoke of how he had taken his daughter on these excursions to Africa, and that his daughter had been going to Africa since she Ws 4 years OLD. In That I did not agree with him, as, as I saw it he was putting his daughters life in jeopardy, in extreme danger.
One thing that did cross my mind , but I was kind of embarrassed to ask because I felt it did not pertain or go with the mood of the conversation, and that questions pertains to gasoline. Mr. Simba said some people are assigned to patrol on motor bikes. But also the patrolling is driving jeeps as Mr. Simba and his immediate group do. So i was wondering how far ios the nearest city to go get gasoline, andif the coty is far, where and how do they store the gasoline, as motorbikes, and jeeps require gasoline to work. then again how often id gasiline delivered to the Nearest big city, and how long does it take, to deliver gasoline to the mainland, and who pays for the purchases. As driving around the savannah in search of aide to either to the lions/animals, or the village people, would seem to require quite a bit of gasoline.

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