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Deer fatally injured after jumping into lion's den
The Washington Post ^ | 11/08/2009 | Martin Weil

Posted on 11/08/2009 4:26:16 PM PST by raj bhatia

A deer was fatally injured Sunday after jumping into a lion enclosure at the National Zoo, as visitors looked on.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: deer; den; fatally; injured; jumping; kittyping; lion; lions; napl; zoo
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To: Fraxinus; AndyJackson

Well, that just goes to show my knowledge of DC geography.

I was there only once in my life and since we came in by the main entrance, there was nothing that looked like protected anything that way.

Alrighty then......


41 posted on 11/08/2009 6:04:41 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: AndyJackson

A slight correction: there are coyotes in Rock Creek Park, but not enough to make a difference. Oh, how I’d love to put up a stand in Rock Creek Park and do my part to thin the herds for you and your azaleas!


42 posted on 11/08/2009 6:05:22 PM PST by upstanding
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To: raj bhatia
*D@MMIT!*
"I ordered a Zebra...or at least an Wildebeest"
it seems the (lone) Lioness, Is somewhat "out of practice".

43 posted on 11/08/2009 6:11:41 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Zer0 to the voter: "Welcome to 'MY' DeathCARE ® Plan"...Sucker! ...now just die. :^)
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To: raj bhatia

One of those ‘Circle of Life’ kind of things.


44 posted on 11/08/2009 6:13:40 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: upstanding
there are coyotes in Rock Creek Park

A year ago or so I used to see them from time to time and would hear them howling away at night from my bedroom window. But they started attacking domestic dogs, and I think the Park Service has asked them to move along w/forced relocation when they don't comply. I have neither seen nor heard them recently.

45 posted on 11/08/2009 6:26:57 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: raj bhatia

The Zoo is free but they always want donations. I’d pay, or even become a “FONZ”, to see them throw a deer in the lion’s den every week. Those things are nothing but tick-infested giant rats.


46 posted on 11/08/2009 6:34:01 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: cripplecreek
Just like our back yard...
47 posted on 11/08/2009 7:39:03 PM PST by Born Conservative ("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
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To: Popman
It would be interesting if the Lion actually ate the doe in front of the onlookers, I wonder how many would say the Lion murdered the doe and needed to be put down like a criminal

My guess it would be quite a few. All liberals

The same clueless lib Gaeia worshipping A-holes that donate to "reintroduce" wolves into the wild; and donate to ban mountain lion hunting; and donate to ban bear hunting; and, donate to ban... .

48 posted on 11/08/2009 8:43:11 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: raj bhatia
People keep telling me that deer are smart and are just confused by bright lights. I just think that herbivores with small brains are dumb.
Pass the venison.
49 posted on 11/08/2009 10:56:40 PM PST by rmlew (Democracy tends to ignore..., threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Not suprising, the deer was to the lions as a mouse is to a house cat.=^..^=


50 posted on 11/09/2009 4:51:32 AM PST by Biggirl (Prayers And Thanks To Our Service People And For Fort Hood! =^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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To: Fraxinus

I’ve seen them in the traffic circle by American University.


51 posted on 11/09/2009 7:45:40 AM PST by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: raj bhatia

Shows you how fat and lazy the lion is.


52 posted on 11/09/2009 7:50:41 AM PST by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Welcome to the House of Fun Now I’ve come of age welcome to the House of Fun welcome to the lion’s den temptation’s on its way...


53 posted on 11/09/2009 7:57:53 AM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: All

Sorry if it turns into an earworm...


54 posted on 11/09/2009 7:58:15 AM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: raj bhatia

Folks today are so weak.

All I could hear were women screaming in anguish as the lion pursued potential food.

reminded me of old growth tree sobbers


55 posted on 11/09/2009 8:01:55 AM PST by wardaddy (the pump don't work cause the vandal took the handle)
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To: raj bhatia

NYT Headline: Lions Commit Hate Crime.


56 posted on 11/09/2009 8:07:56 AM PST by Carlucci (Currently reading: "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell.)
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To: a fool in paradise

THIS IS MADNESS!


57 posted on 11/09/2009 10:13:08 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: metmom
It’s not like the National Zoo is anywhere near wilderness or rural areas that the deer could have just wandered in.

BWHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahahaha!

Y'all ain't from around heah, are ya?

58 posted on 11/09/2009 10:16:27 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Biggirl

Yep. Carnivore + prey animal = lunch.


59 posted on 11/09/2009 10:25:50 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: raj bhatia

deer acted stupidly.


60 posted on 11/09/2009 10:27:32 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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