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[makeup addict]

There were young cubs in the pride. Adult lion protecting his pride. An elephant also killed a guide last month. You go out into their realm, your risk.  

[PIT-HAG Melissa]

Outrage for WHAT?

THE LION didn't go into the mans HOME and kill him!

[Goldengate8361]

I'm on the lions side on this one. The guide should not have been there.

[PIT-HAG Melissa]

O.R I JUST read your response after I posted mine!!

[PamfromCT]

You took the very words out of my mouth.

I guess the lion was saying, my home, my rules.

Sorry for the loss of life, but anytime you are wandering around in areas where wild animals are wandering around, in their home and element, it's risky business.

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@italia8140 wrote:

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@tansy wrote:

A lion does what a lion has to do.  

Surely this isn't a serious question

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 Great post. ITA.

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[MarieIG]

Tragic.  This man must have been very frightened, but behaved very bravely. The stories indicate that the guide used his body to protect the tourists. 

I see a man in a poor county, who took a difficult and dangerous job, most likely to feed his family. He suffered, and he was a hero.

I have no desire to make light of his death.

[PIT-HAG Melissa]

I didn't read people making "light" of it.. Also not "outraged" by the story..

[raven-blackbird]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

Why would they be walking where there are lions roaming about? 

I'm not at all outraged, the lion didn't break into the man's home, he was just protecting his territory. 

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Probably because those tours they take people on generate the money needed to keep the reserve open and the wardens paid.  They don't patrol the area for free...............and since the lions, as well as the other animals, aren't gainfully employed and don't pay for sercurity, it has to be gotten from somewhere.............................raven

[PIT-HAG Melissa]

That doesn't negate the fact the lion was protecting HIS territory!!

[italia8140]

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@MarieIG wrote:

Tragic.  This man must have been very frightened, but behaved very bravely. The stories indicate that the guide used his body to protect the tourists. 

I see a man in a poor county, who took a difficult and dangerous job, most likely to feed his family. He suffered, and he was a hero.

I have no desire to make light of his death.

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No one is making light of his death. He took a high risk job with wild animals. He should have been aware of the consequences.