:00:10. > :00:14.This is a test. Happy Friday everyone. I am Leah and here is
:00:14. > :00:20.your afternoon Newsround. Zambia decides to ban people hunting lions
:00:20. > :00:25.for sport. But which other countries still allow it? The
:00:25. > :00:29.island where whistling is taught in school.
:00:29. > :00:32.They're the ultimate predator at the top of the food chain on the
:00:32. > :00:34.African Savanna, but did you know that in some countries lions are
:00:34. > :00:38.still hunted by people for fun? Well, now the African country,
:00:38. > :00:43.Zambia, has banned people from hunting big cats in a bid to stop
:00:43. > :00:48.their numbers falling. Ricky has the story.
:00:48. > :00:53.As one of the fiercest animals on the planet, the lion doesn't have
:00:53. > :00:56.any enemies to fear, apart from man. Although they're not an endangered
:00:56. > :01:00.species, numbers are falling and it's partly down to people hunting
:01:00. > :01:04.them for sport. Lions are sometimes shot by farmers in Africa to
:01:04. > :01:08.protect their animals but they are also tracked and killed by people
:01:08. > :01:12.on shooting holidays. With a search on the net I have come across one
:01:12. > :01:16.of those companies, it's based in South Africa. It let's people kill
:01:16. > :01:19.lions, leopards and elephants. These animals are raised in
:01:19. > :01:25.captivity and released so people can kill them. Here on the website
:01:25. > :01:27.it says, both the lion and the lioness can make for an extremely
:01:27. > :01:32.exciting hunt. What's more disturbing is the amount of money
:01:32. > :01:36.involved, people can pay thousands of pounds to kill these creatures.
:01:36. > :01:40.There are thought to be about 4,000 lions in Zambia. Some animal
:01:40. > :01:43.charities say the real number could be much lower than that. Some
:01:43. > :01:49.people go to Africa to shoot the big five most difficult animals to
:01:49. > :01:55.hunt. That's the lion, elephant, buffalo and rhino and leopard.
:01:55. > :01:59.There have been calls to ban hunting lions entirely but it's
:01:59. > :02:04.still legal in several African countries, including South Africa,
:02:04. > :02:07.tphapl byia and Zimbabwe. Hunting companies in Zambia say the country
:02:07. > :02:10.will lose money from tourism because of the ban but the
:02:10. > :02:14.Government says they need to be protected. They want to preserve
:02:14. > :02:21.lion numbers for people who want to shoot pictures of The Majestic
:02:21. > :02:24.animals, and not kill them. Next - a Government campaign starts
:02:24. > :02:27.today to try to speed up the adoption process in England.
:02:27. > :02:30.Ministers say that at the moment, many would-be parents are put off
:02:30. > :02:33.adopting kids by how long it takes. Part of the campaign involves a new
:02:33. > :02:36.map showing which parts of the country have the most kids waiting
:02:36. > :02:39.to be adopted. The most recent Government stats say that about
:02:39. > :02:42.67,000 children in England are living in care, and that more than
:02:42. > :02:50.4,000 of those are waiting to be adopted. Joe's been to meet Lucas,
:02:50. > :02:53.who was adopted, to hear about his experience.
:02:53. > :02:58.12-year-old Lucas was adopted when he was very young. He says his life
:02:58. > :03:01.couldn't be better and feels sorry for kids that have to wait up to
:03:01. > :03:09.two-and-a-half years to find a permanent home. It's ridiculous. It
:03:09. > :03:13.shouldn't take that long. Adoption's worked out well for you.
:03:13. > :03:17.Yeah, really proud. I tell my mates. I am not afraid to hide it. I am
:03:17. > :03:21.proud to be adopted. Life has benefited from that in loads of
:03:21. > :03:24.ways. His mum says adopting him was a
:03:24. > :03:27.lengthy process. There are lots of forms to fill out and checks to be
:03:27. > :03:31.made which all helps to give kids and parents the best chance of
:03:31. > :03:35.getting on. But she says more could be done to get kids into homes more
:03:35. > :03:40.quickly. It's better for the child and then they're not passed from
:03:40. > :03:45.foster home to children's home and keep going around. Also, they get
:03:45. > :03:49.into a family life and they're more stable. The Government hopes the
:03:49. > :03:52.new map and helpline will make it easier for would-be parents to
:03:52. > :03:58.adopt T also says it has other plans to give more kids like Lucas
:03:59. > :04:01.happy homes. Now what would you think if your
:04:01. > :04:04.teacher greeted you like this in the morning? (WHISTLING) At schools
:04:05. > :04:06.like this in the Spanish Canary Island of La Gomera, whistling is a
:04:07. > :04:10.compulsory subject. They're being taught an ancient whistling
:04:10. > :04:14.language called Silbo Gomero which was used by locals to speak to each
:04:14. > :04:23.other across the island's valleys and mountains. But it's not as easy
:04:23. > :04:33.as just putting your lips together and blowing. TRANSLATION:
:04:33. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:43.Children do it like this. But you have to do it slowly. And you don't
:04:43. > :04:47.
:04:47. > :04:51.get busy. I was four. I was seven. In North America a deer needed to
:04:51. > :04:55.be stranded -- rescued after getting stranded. Experts aren't