Posted on 02/10/2014 7:29:03 AM PST by mbarker12474
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How dare an animal be slaughtered for its meat!
How dare a zoo feed meat to a lion!
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it wasn’t even ‘free-range’ giraffe.
The point wasn't so much the slaughter and the feeding to lions as it was the "We experts know best" attitude in rejecting various offers, one of over a half million dollars.
No way is lion meat worth that kind of money.
Yes...the facts you cite put an entirely different spin on the story!
Giraffe-burger.
I gotta admit. I’m interested.
I’ll give Snaggle the “lion’s share” but I want a taste. :>)
There is no reason for this when they had other ways to deal with the animal. It was cruel and selfish. They need to get rid of whoever called the shots on this one.
I think the outrage is justified. Sorry, but it was healthy and there was no reason to feed it to the lions. If it was old, different story.
Invite the libs to view the first vegan lion...and then open the cage door.
The link directs to Facebook sign in page.
“It’s the Circle of Life....”
If true, what a stupid waste. I'm sure I can get a lot of lion chow for $500,000. Genetically diverse? What, were his cousin and sister one in the same?
I suppose liberal groups should put up a million dollars to save some poor cow that otherwise would have been fed to the lion. Today. And again tomorrow. And then again the next day.
Lions eat giraffes. The zoo had an extra giraffe. The slaughter house down the street has a zillion cows all lined up to be your steak today, my hamburger tomorrow, and the lion’s lunch next week.
Go to your local grocery store. Look through the glass mirror windows in the back. There are guys back there in the back cutting up freshly slaughtered meat. This is what butchers do. It is also what zoos do. Every day. Every day.
Kill a giraffe, feed a lion for a day.
Sell a defective giraffe, feed a lion for years.
At least they didn’t drive the giraffe into the lion cage & announce, “OK, Leo, your lunch is here, so help yourself!”
MOMMY! MOMMY! LOOK WHAT THE HORRIBLE WION IS DOOWIN’!!!
It was a healthy young giraffe and they slaughtered it right in front of a crowd of children.
I’d be upset too.
There is some European zoo association for elite zoos. The wildlife park in Yorkshire, England was a member of this group but had its offer rejected because the slaughtered giraffe had a brother in the park. The zoo in Sweden was rejected because it wasn't a member of this elite association. It doesn't say why a $680,000 cash offer was rejected, but presumably for the same reason.
Very expensive lion chow, indeed. The entire attitude is summed up by the zoo director at the end:
“I know the giraffe is a nice-looking animal, but I don't think there would have been such an outrage if it had been an antelope, and I don't think anyone would have lifted an eyebrow if it was a pig,” Holst said.
The fact that a pig or antelope wouldn't fetch anything close to $680,000 doesn't even register on his elite brain.
How dare someone spin a story such that it eliminates its essential elements?!
A Harley rider is passing the National Zoo in Washington, DC when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage.
Suddenly, a huge, hungry lion reaches out and grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside his cage.
The biker jumps off his Harley, sprints past the little girl’s screaming parents to the cage and punches the lion square on the nose.
The stunned lion releases the little girl and staggers backward, whimpering in pain. The biker snatches the little girl back to safety and returns her to her terrified parents who thank him endlessly.
A reporter for the Washington Post witnessed the whole event. “Sir,” he says to the Harley rider, “that was the bravest, most gallant thing I’ve seen a man do in my entire life.’
“Why, it was nothing, really,” says the Harley rider modestly. “The lion was behind bars. I saw this little girl in danger and I just reacted instinctively.”
“Well, I’ll make sure your heroism won’t go unnoticed,” the reporter responds. “I’m a reporter for the Washington Post and I’ll make sure this story is on the front page of tomorrow’s paper. Tell me what do you do for a living and what political affiliation is.”
“I’m a U.S. Marine,” the biker says proudly, “and a Republican.”
The journalist leaves.
The following morning the biker buys the Washington Post to see news of his actions and sees this headline on the front page:
US MARINE ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH
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