[Larry Lucido]

Man, around here our biggest problem is pit bull dogs.

[Phantom Lord]

Animal killing ping

[dd5339]

Hmm, I always wanted to go on safari. I just never expected to have to go to Arkansas to do it.

It sounds like the local with the '06 has the right idea. I'd just want to place my shot real well shooting a 600 lb. dangerous cat if I was shooting it with an '06. Unless my wife was backing me up with a .50 that is....

Semper Fi

[vetvetdoug]

"Hey, Mayor Dinwit, could you send another animal control officer over to catch this kitty. I think the last one just got eaten."
Talk about an animal control officer's nightmare!!

[spunkets]

"'' Vaughan said. ``It's sad to think that someone can have that many animals but they don't need some sort of license.''"

They do need a game farm licence. This guy's also got records for tax purposes. The sheriff is satisfied they weren't his lions. Most states have state vet requirements also.

"to protect the animals"

This sounds like a setup by some animal rights idiots trying to shut the guy down.

[xsrdx]

Wow, that would certainly make your evening stroll exciting.

Good thing rural Arkansas has gun owners, had this been Massachusetts or New Jersey the lions would probably still be chewing on somebody's carcass.

[xsrdx]

Lion Roar

[P7M13]

Stay in the cabin ping

(never arkansas)

t

[woofer]

Gee, where to start... The possible cliche's are unlimited. Think I'll take off next week and head south to Arkansas with a can of tuna and my trusty 870 pump.

Does anybody know if lions can climb trees?
Or is their shinnying ability directly proportional to the elapsed time since their last gorging?

[LRS]

``I had a terrible headache and my blood pressure has been up. ... It's been a long ordeal,'' said Vaughan, whose husband, Johnny, killed two of the lions with his .30-06 rifle. ``Everybody is scared around here,'' added neighbor Arvil Skinner. ``People have to sit out with a high-powered rifle just to let their kids play in the yard. ``That's just how serious it is. It might be all right and it might not. They might still be out there. We just don't know.''

Ahhhhhh! Take away the .30-06, and you have life as it would have been, if the animal rights wackos had been in charge over the past 100,000 years!

[TamiPie]

Oh my!

[swarthyguy]

Shame these beautiful and noble animals had to be killed because of the idiocy of the braindead owner.

[NorseWood]

Maybe they were Detroit Lions

[4mycountry]

You know why they're in Arkansas?

They want Clinton.

Be afraid, Democrats.
Be very afraid.

[Doctor Don]

Well now I know someone who lives in Arkansas who is not bored!

[Thinkin' Gal]

Johnny Vaughan holds a photograph Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, of himself with a lion that he shot and killed Saturday close to his home near Quitman, Ark. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)

[Aquinasfan]

Someone shot Elsa?!

[FeliciaCat]

Lions, tigers leaving with close of Safaripark
Greenbrier Cabin Staff
http://www.greenbriercabin.com/stories/080201/loc_0802010011.shtml
Source: Greenbrier Cabin.Com
Thursday, August 2, 2001

Citing severe financial drain from fighting a lawsuit brought by his former business partners, Greenbrier Safaripark owner Steve Henning has announced he will permanently close the park, which is home to more than 70 lions and tigers.

Safaripark was started in 1995 by Henning and partners Dr. Ken and Susan Shaddox and Ralph and Ellen Turney of Conway.

Approximately 90 days after the park opened, the Shaddoxes and Turneys sold their interest in Safaripark to Henning. Since that time, the ex-partners have brought a lawsuit against Henning for breach of contract.

Henning said that the lawsuit consisted of a number of allegations, one of which was the ex-partners' right to $11,000 in royalty payments on a bank loan that Henning paid off over five years. Henning said they had waived their right to the money for four years before claiming their right to it. He went on to say that his lawyer offered the ex-partners the money in court and they refused it.

Another allegation by the ex-partners was their claim that Henning did not have a perimeter fence. In response to this grievance, Henning said, "My federal inspector has seen a perimeter fence every time he's been here in the last five years."

"The ex-partners demand money damages as well as the tract of 26 acres along with a number of lions and tigers. They also demand possession of the petting zoo and a number of ponies," Henning said in a press release.

"After fighting (the lawsuit) for over a year, we have determined that we cannot financially continue this fight. Because of the legal financial drain I cannot continue to fight the plaintiffs," Henning said.

Henning explained that the ex-partners would take possession of 17 of the lions and tigers. About 20 will be sent to a breeding program in Africa. The remaining 40 animals will remain in a breeding program in Faulkner County for conservation purposes, he said.

Ken Shaddox and Ellen Turney were not available for comment.

[FeliciaCat]

Here is Mr.Hennings Safaripark website.

http://www.safariparkandgraphics.com/safaripark_index.htm