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11-17-2022, 04:04 PM( This post was last modified: 11-17-2022, 04:24 PM by WildLeonis )
This is so sad. I saw the WE footage of him this morning.His breathing is labored, no significantly so, but he is breathing heavier than usual and when he breathes you can clearly see something is going on beneath the skin where his ribs would be. So he probably does have a couple of broken ribs. And with it being reported that he’s unable to lay flat it could be the ribs and other internal issues are causing him discomfort where he’s unable to properly rest.
If this is truly the end for him, I hope Sabi Sands will take action. I know the reserves don’t normally intervene when an issue is caused by nature doing its thing but hopefully they will make an exception with DM and give him a peaceful exit. It would be awful if they just sat there filming him in this condition, in pain and likely to be attacked by other predators, eventually, without making the decision to euthanize him.