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Memphis Zoo Bans Woman for Hopping Barrier to Feed Lions Cookies
Breibart - Big Government (UPI) ^ | 6-24-2014 | UPI

Posted on 06/25/2014 9:53:17 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot

MEMPHIS, June 24 (UPI) -- Wonder if they were animal crackers? An unidentified Tennessee woman has been banned from the Memphis Zoo for hopping a barrier and entering the enclosure that holds the lions to feed them cookies.

Other zoo patrons called the zoo's hotline number after seeing the woman jump the barrier and hearing her singing to the lions. When the woman was over the barrier, the only thing separating her from the lions was some wire.

"[She was singing] some song that was telling how much she missed them. It was bizarre," witness Michelle Beasley told WMC. "I've never seen someone singing to a lion. It was really loud."

This was the woman's second incident in recent weeks.

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: lions; zoos
Common sense would tell anybody the woman is more to lions taste than any cookie.
1 posted on 06/25/2014 9:53:17 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
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To: All

Clearly it’s time to bring back the insane asylums.


2 posted on 06/25/2014 9:57:17 AM PDT by Gunpowder green
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To: Sir Napsalot

Better living through chemistry?


3 posted on 06/25/2014 9:58:16 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Sir Napsalot

4 posted on 06/25/2014 9:59:32 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: Sir Napsalot

What was she singing? Opera? Rap? Country music?


5 posted on 06/25/2014 10:00:07 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Sir Napsalot

She may have wanted to feed the lion a cookie, but the lion was probably about to eat a nut.


6 posted on 06/25/2014 10:00:16 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Cicero

Ee-e-e-oh-mum-a-weh
Ee-e-e-oh-mum-a-weh

Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight

Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh

Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
near the village, the peaceful village
the lion sleeps tonight
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh

Hush my darling, don’t fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
Hush my darling, don’t fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight

Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh

Ee-e-e-oh-mum-a-weh
Ee-e-e-oh-mum-a-weh


7 posted on 06/25/2014 10:04:04 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Cicero
What was she singing?

Selections from The Lion King?

8 posted on 06/25/2014 10:04:29 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

9 posted on 06/25/2014 10:05:12 AM PDT by Wildcat Stevens
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To: Sir Napsalot

Had this happened in Minneapolis.....one might wonder if this woman might have been Hard Working Rebekah.....Obamas lunch date later in the week...


10 posted on 06/25/2014 10:06:36 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Were the cookies animal crackers?


11 posted on 06/25/2014 10:07:52 AM PDT by V K Lee
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To: Cicero
What was she singing?

Perhaps The Lion of Judah

12 posted on 06/25/2014 10:25:51 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Cicero
What was she singing? Opera? Rap? Country music?

Born Free?

13 posted on 06/25/2014 10:28:02 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: Sir Napsalot

someone should tell this lady...

‘Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour’ 1 Peter 5:8

and just for fun...

” Jesus says: “Blessed is the lion which a man eats so that the lion becomes a man. But cursed is the man whom a lion eats so that the man becomes a lion!” Gospel of Thomas, Saying 7 (yes, I know....but we can still have some fun...)


14 posted on 06/25/2014 11:03:03 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: Sir Napsalot

Animal rights wackos can’t seem to understand that these are wild animals, and they would eat her before they would eat a cookie.


15 posted on 06/25/2014 11:07:08 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Cicero
What was she singing? Opera? Rap? Country music?

The Crocodile Song

"You see, said she, he's as tame as he can be...."

16 posted on 06/25/2014 11:18:14 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( "For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know")
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To: Sir Napsalot

Maybe animal lover Thad Cochran can come to her aid...


17 posted on 06/25/2014 11:57:04 AM PDT by radioactivereb ("I'm tryin' to think but nothin' happens!"-Curly Howard)
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To: Sir Napsalot; Slings and Arrows

What else are animal crackers good for???


18 posted on 06/25/2014 8:21:25 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: a fool in paradise

I know.

But I didn’t realize you have to hand deliver them to the animals....


19 posted on 06/26/2014 4:40:02 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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