But they kill for themselves when they find prey. Cubs learn to hunt by watching the adults. Lions and people Hunting lions. Whenever lions and people come into contact, the lion always loses. People have killed the lions in most of Asia and much of Africa.
Lions kill cows, goats, and other livestock for food.
And on rare occasions they kill people. So people killed lions to protect themselves and their property. For hundreds of years people have also hunted lions as a way of showing courage. Amenhotep III hunted lions with bow and arrow from a chariot. He killed 102 in this manner.