It's jungle bungle by Post reporter (buys, then dumps, sick lion cub, donations needed)

NY Daily News ^ | 10/13/03 | By LISA L. COLANGELO, RALPH R. ORTEGA and DAVE GOLDINER

[Behind Liberal Lines]

A New York Post stunt went horribly wrong when a reporter bought an 8-day-old lion - then dumped the deathly ill cub at an Ohio animal sanctuary yesterday, authorities said.

Post reporter Al Guart told animal refuge officials that he bought the 4-pound cub for $1,000 on the Internet as part of an exposé about animal trafficking - but panicked when he realized he couldn't care for the animal.

"This is a beautiful little lion and what they did is wrong," said Ellen Whitehouse, director of Noah's Lost Ark, near Cleveland.

Mahoning County sheriff's deputies were called after Guart and photographer Michael Sofronski left the ailing cub at the animal sanctuary yesterday.

It is the same facility where authorities sent Ming, the tiger who was living in his owner's Harlem apartment.

A veterinarian who examined the tan-colored baby lion - dubbed "Boomerang" after the backfired stunt - told officials at Noah's Ark that the cub was suffering from dehydration and possible pneumonia.

It's going to take a lot of tender loving care to nurse little Boomerang back to health. Noah's Lost Ark animal refuge, which relies on volunteers and donations to scrape by, said it will need $10,000 just to build the lion cub a habitat - and thousands more for food and medicine.

The Daily News is asking its readers to pitch in to help save Boomerang. Checks can be written out to theNoah's Lost Ark Animal Fund and sent to: Farmer's National Bank of Canfield, c/o Noah's Lost Ark Animal Fund, 20 South Broad St., Canfield, Ohio 44406.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I'm normally a big fan of the Post, but it looks like one of their (idiot city boy) reporters dropped the ball on this one big time.

It would be nice if we either dontated and/or if we encouraged Post owner Murdock to. After all, he could pay for his reporters' bungle with the change in his sofa if he wanted and I think he's a guy that would do the right thing.

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[PeterPrinciple]

" but panicked when he realized he couldn't care for the animal. "


Think beyond your nose

count the cost before building a house


Anyone else of some common sense sayings?

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Don't try to catch a tiger by the tail?

[Britton J Wingfield]

What a dumbass. He should have contacted a zoo ahead of time, knowing that he was getting a lion cub.

[cateizgr8]

He should have to pay for this baby's upkeep & medical expenses. What a loser!