3 lions put down in S. Africia, it makes me mad. - Page 2

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

@MorningLover The wording under your picture says it all "pet". These are not or were never meant to be pets. A four letter word is the correct one...... WILD.

In Ohio in the last 2 weeks kids from a church group were swimming in a creek. It was supervised and a yearly event. One adult on a small bridge above the kids saw something in the water. It was a flipping 7 ft. croc. Yes, croc. Everyone got out safely. Evidently some candidate for the Darwin award thought a baby croc was a pet until it got too big. Yeah, let me put it in a creek.

Some days I read the news and pray humans are not the most intelligent beings in the universe.

Anonymous032819 · ‎03-29-2019

What I take away from the article is that the fence was damaged, and needed to be repaired, so he was fixing it.

It's not like he was some dumb person from the big city, who saw lions inside an inclosure, and decided to go inside the fence and pet them.

Evidentally, he had been around them before without anything bad happening, so he figured that this time would be no different.

For whatever reason, the lions did attack him this time, and killed him.

In order to retrieve his body, the lions were killed.

I do NOT agree with killing the lions!

But I can understand why they were killed.

They now had tasted human blood, and to keep them alive would have ment that NO human would have been safe.

Four lives were lost because of a broken fence that needed to be fixed.

So sad!

The Sky looks different when you have someone you love up there.

Marp · ‎03-09-2010

@Anonymous032819, reportedly the deceased had raised the lions from cubs.

The eyes through which you see others may be the same as how they see you.

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

@Marp wrote:
@Anonymous032819, reportedly the deceased had raised the lions from cubs.

"Between 6,000 and 8,000 lions are bred and held in so-called lion farms and sanctuaries in more than 200 facilities in South Africa, according to scientists studying the practice -- far more lions than there are in the wild in the country."

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Anonymous032819 · ‎03-29-2019

@Marp wrote:
@Anonymous032819, reportedly the deceased had raised the lions from cubs.

@Marp

Thank-you, I did not know that.

Even though he had raised them from cubs, they still had that wild instinct in them.

I can't fault the man.

He had trusted them, been around them, and raised them from cubs. He probably felt as if he knew them.

Sounds as if this was just a tragic accident.

The Sky looks different when you have someone you love up there.

MorningLover · ‎10-04-2015

Yes, the article I read said he walked and socialised with his two fully grown male lions and lioness every day.

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

In 2018 a 72 yr. old who moved to Africia to live with lions was attacked by a lion he had bottle feed and raised for 10 yrs. He owned the Marakete Predator Center. Luckily he lived but was traumatized by the cat's sudden aggression. They killed the cat to save him.

Predator is in the name of the place. Wild animals are not predictable and can turn for any reason or no reason. Just because they were fine the first 50 times you were with them doesn't ensure your safety the 51st time.

The guy in Vegas that lived with them nearly got killed on stage by a cat that knew him.

MorningLover · ‎10-04-2015

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
In 2018 a 72 yr. old who moved to Africia to live with lions was attacked by a lion he had bottle feed and raised for 10 yrs. He owned the Marakete Predator Center. Luckily he lived but was traumatized by the cat's sudden aggression. They killed the cat to save him.

Predator is in the name of the place. Wild animals are not predictable and can turn for any reason or no reason. Just because they were fine the first 50 times you were with them doesn't ensure your safety the 51st time.

The guy in Vegas that lived with them nearly got killed on stage by a cat that knew him.

@CrazyKittyLvr2 Yes, Few will forget when a white tiger viciously attacked magician Roy Horn Oct. 3, 2003 during Siegfried & Roy's Las Vegas show.

The attack ended the careers of Roy Horn and his partner, Siegfried Fischbacher, as an audience of 1,500 watched 400 pound tiger "Montecore" bite Roy and drag him offstage.

USAToday

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

I understand the desire to be up close and personal with them. I love all big cats, they are beautiful and their cubs are too cute. However, one look at the paws, claws and teeth on something that weighs 200 to 400 lbs. depending on the cat, nope, I wouldn't risk getting near one.

Some days my house cat looks like she wants to do me in.

Anonymous032819 · ‎03-29-2019

To me, there is a difference between being some twit from the city who has never seen a wild animal before, who decides to pet the big kitty, and someone who has hand raised the lions from birth, fed them, etc.

It's kind of like having a cat or a dog that you have raised since it was a pup or kitten.

You have interacted with that animal on a daily basis.

You feel as though you know it.

You feel comfortable around it.

Then one day, for no apparent reason, it just attacks you.

It's kind was kind of like that for him.

Also, are people forgetting that a fence was broken, and needed to be repaired?

The Sky looks different when you have someone you love up there.