Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia

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(08-28-2020, 06:10 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: South African conservationist West Mathewson, 68, was fatally attacked without warning by 2 white lionesses weighing 400 lbs (181.437 kg), which he reared at his lodge, during one of their regular walks: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...-he-reared, https://indianexpress.com/article/world/...k-6573650/, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53930125, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...lodge.html

West Mathewson was killed by two of his lions during a walk around the lodge he ran, South African police said (Source: Lion Tree Top Lodge and the Mathewson family):

Precisely the concerns I have over Kevin Richardson's reserve as well. As beautiful as the animals are, and as much as we admire them for their beauty and follow along with them through their daily lives, they are still incredibly powerful creatures, creatures who do not see life in the same regard that we do. The problem is, when in situations such as this arise, a lot of people in the general public, people who do not see these creatures in the same way that most of us here do, they tend to immediately blame the animals, and this often leads to the animals demise. These lions were only doing what lions do, nothing more or extraordinary about it, but not everyone will see it that way, and at least in this particular instance, his wife is doing the right thing, and no harm is being brought to these lions. Reply