Lions maul farmworker
July 27 2010 at 06:40AM



By Kristen van Schie

A man is in a serious condition after being attacked by lions on a private farm near Kransfontein in the eastern Free State.

Farm employee Ronnie Odendaal, 62, is thought to have entered the animals' cage to feed them, when they attacked him. He sustained serious scratches and bites to his back, legs and face.

Paramedics stabilised the man on the scene before transporting him to the Hoogland Medi-Clinic in Bethlehem.

On Monday afternoon, hospital spokeswoman Karien Collett said Odendaal was conscious and in a stable condition. He was due to have surgery last night.



This article was originally published on page 2 of The Star on July 27, 2010

"Revenge of the Canned Lion"

"...entered the animals' cage to feed them...."
Just goes to show that these lions are under normal circumstances relatively tame - this time something must have irritated one of them to no end for it to bite the hand that feeds it.

"Everybody" says those canned lions are dangerous...

prayers for the fella, hope he recovers well.

troy

So we can put people on the moon but can't arrange a method of feeding lions without some poor sap having to go in the cage with an arm full of meat?

quote:

serious scratches

That would be an understatment wouldn't it.

Some posters here had me thinking any lion behind a fence was as tame as a lap kitty, I guess this will open their eyes.

Degas,

they are, you just are supposed to stay behind that fence.

Rich
DRSS

I.S. I think you blow alot of smoke out your ass on a topic you have little or no first hand knowledge of.

??????? Degas, that post made absolutely no sense!!!

But you are new and all so will stand by.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

quote:

Originally posted by Degas:
I.S. I think you blow alot of smoke out your ass on a topic you have little or no first hand knowledge of.

larry: I.S. and I are on opposite sides of the fence on lion hunting.

Oh Christ here we go again just as the last string was put to bed or should I say in the grave and gone to horse heaven beaten to death.

you really would think they would have a plan to feed the lions without going into the pen/exposing feeder to the lions....

I have NO experience with feeding lions......

I have raised bobcats though and had the same, smaller scale, problem. The cats were only a month old. The male was touchable when feeding, not so the female. She would place herself to be able to slap the snot out of your hand, giving me a good cut. The learning curve was quite steep, she countered every change I made until I made a food chute and just dropped the food down the chute from several feet away.

Damn, she was FAST.....

troy