http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1177646654/Unlucky_Gu...nd_Torn_Up_by_a_Lion

Hmmmmm

Good for the lion, and too bad he had to pay with his life. Thats no place for such an animal to be confined. Who could blame the cat?

I don't think this is the makings of a Disney movie...

Clearly the lion wasn't too impressed with the pistol.......

A circus act all the way around.

Any operation that houses dangerous animals should have a suitable weapon that can be quickly deployed.

That's a pretty hair raising video. Did y'all see the dog that came in the cage through the back? He didn't stick around for very long.

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Any operation that houses dangerous animals should have a suitable weapon that can be quickly deployed.

And someone that knows how to use it. The officer actually missed on the first shot. The next 3 connected, but if you look closely, did not kill the lion immediately. It was still alive after the victim was outside the cage.

Not a quick kill, and that is a damn trajedy for a wild animal.

Isn't it interesting that some of the same people that condemn hunting can be found in attendance at shows like Seigfreid and Roy and events like this.

Hunting and being hunted is natural to any wild animal. Performing as some Circus act is not. Animals get stressed and become even more unpredictable than in the wild.

I am no lion expert, but that animal did not look at all like an African lion - seems a little on the small side for the age. Wonder is that was an Asian lion? Not many of those left in this world, and now less one more.

Anyone know where this video was shot?

It looked like the lion had him by the neck or shoulder.It would be interesting to see what led to the attack.I guess if you get them angry they may kill you.It looks like the guy survived.No animal belongs in a cage or confined to a small living space.

Stupidity at it's finest!

Both the lion and the handler lost on this incident! First of all, get rid of the puny handgun and with the time involved--use a dart gun. This way the lion could be saved. You would think, this sideshow operation would be intelligent enough to have a few options for animal control.

Dak

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jim Manion:
The officer actually missed on the first shot.[QUOTE]

I curious as to how you know the officer missed on the first shot?

Had a good day, till I looked at that. Bear spray? Fire hose? Many easy to use methods, but, that looked like a small traveling circus, in more ways then one. Hope killing the lion puts a real hurt is their show, and, I'm pretty sure the lion is better off dead. What a life for a wild animal....

S

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Originally posted by shootaway:
It looked like the lion had him by the neck or shoulder.It would be interesting to see what led to the attack.I guess if you get them angry they may kill you.It looks like the guy survived.No animal belongs in a cage or confined to a small living space.

What led to the attack is that it's a wild animal. They do stuff like that.

That's hard to watch.

I feel worse for the lion than I do for the handler.

I did think it was pretty good shooting under pressure and to keep from shooting the handler. Shame to hear the death gurgles from the lion at the end.

Fjold,I don't know if it was an attack or just the lion wanting some company and forced the guy to stay.Did the lion grab him by the neck the way a mother carries her cubs or the way a lion kills its prey? I once saw a gorilla in a glass enclosure that was so enraged it scared the hell out of me.I would not get closer than 50 yds from it.

would u agree with me that they should have shot him one more time in the head as they entered the cage lion could have killed the red dress man while dying even one blow was enough to criple him

I would say more than one more time.

I'd just got done wrestling with my feral cat, prior to watching that video.
She bites me just hard enough to get a grip, but not go through my skin. She claws the same way. She has great control, and, when I say 'OWWW', she knows to ease up, retract claws, or, stop ripping at my hand with her claws out and back legs.

I've heard people raising lions, and, the lions are smarter, more careful, and care about their people just as much. Read, or watch 'Elsa' for an example.

Still, the guy at Marineworld, that had 5 huge Siberian tigers, and two giant male lions had an intresting view. He said he'd never have another lion. They would attack the tigers, get the crap kicked out of themselves, get firehosed to break up the fight, and, two months later, they would do it again. Appears it's their nature to assert who is the Alpha male, and, anyone handling them better be ready for that.

Tigers don't appear to have as much of a problem, since they are usually solitary, by nature.

The more I think about it, the more angry I become. The abuse people put on these animals is really criminal...
S

A good friend of mine adopted five lions and two jaguars from two traveling circuses in Central America. Two are Asian lions the three are African, and there has been a new arrival in the African family, with another on the way.

He bought some good land, an entire valley, in fact, brought in an animal architect, and now these rescued animals are living the life of Riley in huge semi-natural enclosures in El Salvador. He raised all the cats from cubs in his house, but does not enter the lions' enclosures, now that they are mature animals.