Why can't those poor birds just be left alone in peace?
Oh, never mind....
Posted on 09/24/2005 7:31:39 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
Lions kill 20 peasants in Ethiopia
20 Sep 2005 12:23:12 GMT
Source: Reuters
ADDIS ABABA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Lions disturbed by deforestation have killed 20 people and devoured 750 of their domestic animals in Ethiopia, a local news agency said on Tuesday.
The rare daylight attacks, all during August and in the remote south, have forced a thousand peasant farmers to flee their homes and sparked a hunt for the lions, local official Tadesse Gichore told Walta Information Service.
"The lions killed shepherds tending cattle and villagers after breaking into their houses," Tadesse said of the attacks near his Soro district some 500 km (300 miles) south of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
"Thousands of people who felt threatened left their abodes and fled to safe areas after the lions killed 20 persons as well as 750 domestic animals last month."
Authorities were hunting the lions, who began roaming after deforestation disrupted their habitat and caused drought along the Gibe River Valley, Tadesse said.
Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh
Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh
Wemoweh, wemoweh, wemoweh, wemoweh (4X)
/ G C G D / /
/ G C / G D / :
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the quiet jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
/ G C / G D / :
{Refrain}
Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh
Wemoweh, wemoweh, wemoweh, wemoweh (2X)
Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh
Wemoweh, wemoweh, wemoweh, wemoweh (2X)
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the quiet village
The lion sleeps tonight
{Refrain}
Hush my darling, don't fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
Hush my darling, don't fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
{Refrain}
I want a second source.
turn em' loose in new orleans
Don't you mean course?
Cindy Shitehead says its Bush's fault.
What, you don't think that a "a local news agency" in Ethiopia is a credible source? Are you some kind of Doubting Thomas?
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What do you call the Easter Bunny in Ethiopia?
Dinner!
Do 'great white hunters' still exist?
Here I thought the Detroit Lions loss to the Bears last week was tough to handle. But to take it out on Ethiopian peasants...
What? ... you mean....
Oh, never mind.
Why didn't the lions just file a complaint with the UN?
Lions are open-country predators. They do not live in the forest. They live in the plains and desert. So how is deforestation supposedly effecting them?
The same way Bush has been whipping up hurricanes with his secret weather machine.
Damn facts just blew there piece.
there=their
Fer' a second there I thought Detroit won a football game.
Supposedly the deforestation affected them indirectly by causing drought conditions in their hunting areas. I am thinking that those would be the savanna/grasslands. However, in drought conditions, everything doesn't just instantly die off. There are typically a lot of weak/thirsty/malnourished animals about. At times like that, predators like lions have easy pickings. Methinks there is some other causal factor for these events.
Story kinda looses it's oomph without the evil capitalists ravaging the earth and disrupting the precious lives of animals as opposed to humans.
At least they're able to hunt them without some enviro Judge ruling that we must sacrifice housepets and children at the Environmentalists altar.
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