Call for Disney to donate Lion King profits to conservation
(World News South Africa)

A second Lion King movie is due for release this month and wildlife conservationists are urging Disney to share its billion-dollar profits to fund wild lion conservation in Africa. Projections suggest that the photorealistic animated remake of the original 1994 Disney film is set to make over USD $200 million dollars in its opening weekend and top the USD $8 billion dollars grossed by the original Lion King franchise. Disney has announced that while it has already donated USD $1.5 million to the Lion Recovery Fund it plans to raise USD $1.5 million through its `Protect the Pride` campaign, totalling a USD$ 3 million donation to lion...