Kevin Richardson & his lions

[Shadow]

(08-31-2020, 04:43 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(08-31-2020, 03:16 AM)Shadow Wrote:

(08-31-2020, 02:48 AM)BigLion39 Wrote: Yeah I know of 2 reportes that came close to being lunch (possibly) and then one , if I remember  correctly, female employee was killed, rather rescently too. 
Anything can  happen  so let's just hope nothing bad happens!

I wonder about what cases you are talking about, you and @BA0701 ?

I mean from your discussion it´s easy to get expression, that Richardson would have been involved to some death of some woman, but claim is vague and more like rumor. I think, that when talking about this serious things, then there should be also something to what it´s based on. Not only "if I remember" or something. Nasty rumors spread fast and if source for such is wildfact, then case should be solid, not something what posters arent sure at all even themselves and not giving anything to what some claim is/are based on.

Maybe you talk about this case, if so, I recommend to read this article carefully and think over if Richardson can be blamed in some way or not. And if, in what way really. 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/03/woman-mauled-death-lion-kevin-richardson-lion-whisperer-south-africa-private-reserves-lion-walks-spd/

@Shadow that is the case I referred to in which the woman died. In the video I posted just a couple of comments back in this thread, you can see very clearly that his male lion keyed in on the 60 Minutes reporter, and came very close to attacking her. In his comments made after that young reporter died, he said he had taken his lions out for a walk, and that nobody was supposed to be outside during that time. The reporter walked out to her car, if I recall correctly, and at that time one of his lionesses attacked and subsequently killed her. It should have been his responsibility, and the other employees on his reserve, to make sure that nobody was outside during that period, it was not the responsibility of the young woman, simply because she had no way of knowing when lions were out or not. Bottom line, if Richardson wants to go out on his own private reserve, and eat raw buffalo with his lions, and make videos of it, that is up to him and is his business, but he should not be allowing outside people to be on the property endangering them in the process. There was another post in the  Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia thread here , where another private reserve owner was recently killed by two of his rescued lionesses. If someone wishes to endanger themselves getting close to these animals, then that is on them, but they should not be allowing others to share their experience with them. It is the same thing when Timothy Treadwell was killed, and in the process got his girlfriend killed. These people convince others that because they have not been harmed or killed yet, that they somehow have mastered how to deal with these animals, when in fact it is the animals who are showing tremendous restraint, and can simply snap at any given moment, resulting in serious harm or death. My biggest problem with it is, more times than not (I understand it did not happen in the examples being discussed) it is the animals who will end up being destroyed for no other reason than being who and what they were born to be. I find that to be incredibly selfish, and I find people like Richardson to be very dangerous due to the false sense of security that they portray.

It´s good to remember, that from media it´s impossible to know all what has happened and why. I haven´t seen anywhere news, that Richardson would have been accused for a crime etc. When someone dies, those things are investigated after all. No matter how much we like it or not, accidents can and do happen sometimes and how much people are to blame for it, is another thing.

When there is safety procedure, which is well known and should be respected, can you or I blame Richardson or someone else, when a person breaks those rules and procedures and goes to forbidden area. I understood, that this woman who died had with her a person, who should have been familiar with all safety procedures and that they went to forbidden area. If so, then for me it´s hard to blame Richardson too much even though I understand that someone else can, sometimes we look things from different points of views.

I will look later that video, now I don´t have time. Anyway there are close calls time to time in many places. I don´t see Richardson as dangerous person, he seems to take things seriously, still sometimes there are lessons to learn for all. For sure he has made mistakes, but at least in interviews he sounds quite down to earth and taking things seriously. I believe, that there are a lot of people who take things way less seriously and those people for sure can be dangerous. But I would go any day to visit Richardson´s place with confidence that when listening instructions, no danger there.

But anyway my main point was, that when talking about deaths in way, which can look to be accusing, then there should be also information about the case, what is talked about. Not some vague rumor like expression. It was in posting of @BigLion39 posting, I mentioned you too to make you notice this article I linked, because in my knowledge there aren´t any other lethal accidents with some connection to Richardson. I see that incident as a series of vert unlucky events which just happen sometimes in different places no matter what. Which doesn´t mean that there wouldn´t be anything to learn, when it has been figured out, what exactly happened. Reply