Or George Plimpton.
Posted on 09/09/2020 11:52:47 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A South African conservationist has been killed by lions he hand-reared, the family said on Thursday. West Mathewson, 69, was walking two white lionesses on Wednesday when one of the animals attacked and killed him without warning.
A lioness became aggressive towards the other and then turned her attention to Mathewson, reports the BBC's Nomsa Maseko from Johannesburg. His relatives have said that the attack could have been the result of very rough play.
The incident took place on the premises of the family-owned Lion Tree Top Lodge, in South Africa's northern Limpopo province.
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A cautionary tale, to be sure. All white lions are not Kimba the White Lion.
Well he was doing what he loved, wasn’t an ignorant amateur, and knew the risks.
Probably lasted a lot longer with them without incident than most would have.
In the end, wild animals are just that...wild. I often play rough with my dog, a 95 pound Rotten Shepherd. Sometimes, it gets out of hand, and she draws a bit of blood from me. At that point, we both dial it down. Lions don't have it within them to "dial it down."
My 10 YO grandson knows not to play rough, he's seen the dog and me get rough...it can be intimidating to a youngster. They're inseparable when they're together. She's very protective of him.
I just looked that up. It was first reported that she was killed by a lion, but then it was discovered she had been murdered by a disgruntled employee that she had fired.
Moral of the story: Never too old for a Darwin award.
It’s almost the size of the man’s chest. :-)
even if for some reason a German Shepherd loses it and turns on you for a minute you should survive.
A lion only needs a minute.
There is no room for one single temper tantrum ever.
I was all set to go on a safari to East Africa.
I got married, instead.
There’s probably a lesson in there somewhere, but sometimes my wife reads over my shoulder.
I can stand thirty yards away from her and turn sideways and she can shoot the buttons off my shirt with me feeling nothing but the wind from the bullets going by.
I try not to tease her too much.
If this could be said of the protesters.
Your cat would kill you if it could.
Killed by Jessica Krug or Rachel Dolezal?
“Look at the size of the lion’s head compared to his.”
I’ve had cars that weren’t as big as that lion’s head!
Could be a smaller man.
Our distant abcestors lived in close proximity to larger creatures like cave bears and sabre toothed lions, no doobt larger and fiercer that a hand raised lion. Even with only sharp sticks to protect themselves they knew better than this guy or we wouldn’t be here.
Or George Plimpton.
“What could go wrong?”
You go measure that lion for a hat.
I won’t.
So sad but very similar to what happened to Siegfried and Roy horrible circumstances the power of these beautiful cats is just horrible when it turns on you!! I have a VERY LARGE house cat the most lovable kitty ever HOWEVER there have been very rare occasions when he for no apparent reason the mood has turned sour, this has happened 2x in 8 years but if he had been a cat that size GEEZE!!
Wow, two man-hating white females !! They must have been exposed to public education.
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