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Pitou strides from the cage used to transport her...

...And greets her new surroundings in South Africa with an impressive roar

1 posted on 01/12/2008 2:20:09 PM PST by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

A nice gesture, but can these animals care for themselves?


2 posted on 01/12/2008 2:22:47 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Daffynition

They’re beautiful animals. I wonder if there are plans to keep track of them as they adjust to their new surroundings.


4 posted on 01/12/2008 2:30:40 PM PST by ChocChipCookie (Homeschool like your kids' lives depend on it.)
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To: Daffynition; mikrofon; martin_fierro
This could be Sirius:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Roar! I'm Sirius!"

5 posted on 01/12/2008 2:32:48 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (Deft leopard)
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To: Daffynition
Now they can live out their last days where they belong."

Which will be very few... Big cats have to be taught how to hunt by their mother... and these cats did not learn.

Anybody remember the movie "Born Free?" It was about the extreme effort Joy Adamson had to undertake to return Elsa, a raised in captivity lion, to the wild. Although ultimately successful it was not easy.

6 posted on 01/12/2008 2:39:33 PM PST by Swordmaker (We can fix this, but you're gonna need a butter knife, a roll of duct tape, and a car battery.)
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To: Daffynition
Ah, there is more to the story...

"On completion of their journey, the leopards will be released into a 3 acre natural bush enclosure in the Born Free Julie Ward Education and Rescue Centre, named in memory of the young British conservationist tragically murdered in Kenya over 10 years ago. Here they will live out the rest of their lives in a rich natural setting."
It's not the wild... it's just a bigger zoo.
7 posted on 01/12/2008 2:43:48 PM PST by Swordmaker (We can fix this, but you're gonna need a butter knife, a roll of duct tape, and a car battery.)
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To: Daffynition
The leopards had been incarcerated

LMAO,

What a peta and animal rights wacko statement. If someone don't feed them they will starve.

9 posted on 01/12/2008 2:49:31 PM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: Daffynition; Charles Henrickson; mikrofon; The Spirit Of Allegiance
After a decade in a 20ft cage...the magical moment leopards Sirius and Pitou ran free

...

However, last week Prince Albert, who succeeded to the throne in 2005, released them.

Always thought it was His Highness who was in a can. 

13 posted on 01/12/2008 3:14:58 PM PST by martin_fierro (<insert canner laughter here>)
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To: Daffynition

I love the look in the first pic...”Is it real? No sh*t??”


18 posted on 01/12/2008 10:56:34 PM PST by Fire_on_High (I am so proud of what we were...)
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