zambia: Zambia saves lions by making baskets from snares

Under a mango tree, three men squatted in the dust with pliers, twisting thick wire from poachers' snares into decorative baskets. Trimmed in gold, red, and blue, they sell them to tourists for $6 each. "We help save the animals and people find another way to make money," said Kelvin Phiri, a craftsman and founder of Mango Tree Crafts, a cooperative formed four months ago in this eastern Zambian valley.