Kenenisa kills a man in Ethiopia

The ethiopian black mane lion is an endangered species. It now only exists in that zoo. That is probably why?

Probably because they're not trained riflemen and knew they were more likely to accidentally shoot the zookeeper than they were to hit the lion.

So people carrying rifles have not been trained to use them ? I find that difficult to believe.

Let's take this majestic, powerful, wild beast, put him in a cage so fat Americans can travel to Africa, shove popcorn down their throats at gawk at the beast.

Then when the day the beast finally shows his distaste for caged life, we'll slaughter that majestic sonuvabitch. Teach that fvcker a thing or two about justice.

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You realize that the zoo actually helps conserve this sub species. Without conservatories, their extinction could be accelerated.

Ethiopia has 80 million people and growing , who are continuously encroaching on the territory of wild animals. When that happens species and sub species go extinct.

The ethiopian black mane lion is an endangered species. It now only exists in that zoo. That is probably why?

I am a big fan of conservation. But an animals life cannot be more valuable than a Human life.

Also once an animal develops a penchant for killing Humans it has to be put down. So this animal is likely going to be put down anyway. One dead lion will not cause the sub species to go extinct.

Get real wrote:

Joplas wrote:Why did'nt the guards just shoot the lion to save the poor zookeeper ?

Probably because they're not trained riflemen and knew they were more likely to accidentally shoot the zookeeper than they were to hit the lion.

It would be tragedy of they put the lion down, but I suppose completely in line with human ignorance, disregard for our home, and our love for controlled destruction.

Let's take this majestic, powerful, wild beast, put him in a cage so fat Americans can travel to Africa, shove popcorn down their throats at gawk at the beast. Then when the day the beast finally shows his distaste for caged life, we'll slaughter that majestic sonuvabitch. Teach that fvcker a thing or two about justice.

Only an a**hole would turn this situation into an anti-American rant. Do you really think the built a zoo in Ethiopia to attract American tourists genius?

Toney the tiger wrote:

Bekele didnt kill mo farah , he barely escaped with his life.. get real now

Let's see, if the man who finished first "barely escaped with his life" then what does this imply about the man who finished second? Oh yeah, that he did not escape with his life.

Bekele apparently did kill mo farah.

Maybe I should start a new thread altogether, but this got me thinking about other animals who have been named after famous t & f athletes.

In the mid 90s, for example, there was a horse (pacer? trotter?) on the Ontario Harness scene named Super Sullivan. Named after Kevin Sullivan of course.

Lots of dogs name Pre out there....

Any others?

But an animals life cannot be more valuable than a Human life.

Why not? The last time I looked there were 7 billion humans and 15 lions.

Also once an animal develops a penchant for killing Humans it has to be put down.

This is a fairy tale. You may be a "big fan of conservation" (whatever that means) but you clearly know nothing about animals.

The lions live in a cage in a zoo, there's a really really simple way to avoid being eaten - don't go into the cage.

One dead lion will not cause the sub species to go extinct.

One dead lion will cause a 6% drop in the population - the same as killing 430 million humans.

Doesn't every lion have a penchant for killing humans?

SMJIO wrote:

Doesn't every lion have a penchant for killing humans?

Every lion has a penchant for getting it's dinner with a minimum effort, but the poster I was replying to was referring to the myth of "man-eater" lions who will choose human prey over other species. Doesn't happen.

Do we even know anyone was there. Anyone with a gun at all? What happened was a tragedy. It seems whenever someone goes in a lion cage, 2 or 3 tranquilizer guns should be trained on the lion and maybe a deadly weapon as well.

GenericID

Please do some research before posting garbage

1. There aren’t only 15 of the sub species left as you claim. There are 15 at the zoo. There are thousands of them in Ethiopia only and several others in zoos worldwide.

2. Not all animals that live in cages attack their handlers when free. But standard zoo protocol is that when an animal attacks a human it is put down. This is standard protocol whether you think its right or not. Such animals usually become aggressive when they see Humans and even if they are behind a cage its unpleasant for zoo visitors. And it is simply not worth taking the risk.

3. Thirdly comparing an animal life to Human life as you are doing makes you sub human. This was a man who probably had children who depend on him.

GenericcID wrote:

Every lion has a penchant for getting it's dinner with a minimum effort, but the poster I was replying to was referring to the myth of "man-eater" lions who will choose human prey over other species. Doesn't happen.

Another cluless post.

Man eating lions do exist. There are certain lions that make a habit of hunting humans. Scientists studied it and found that Lions that have problems with their teeth typically hunt humans and that once a Lion develops a taste for human flesh then the likelhood that it will attack another human increases substantially. Again do some reading before posting.

Google is your friend. Start here :

Virginia Runner wrote:

Do we even know anyone was there. Anyone with a gun at all? What happened was a tragedy. It seems whenever someone goes in a lion cage, 2 or 3 tranquilizer guns should be trained on the lion and maybe a deadly weapon as well.

Those that read the article know someone was there. Someone with a rifle.

Whats clear from the link is that not all Lions attack Humans. But some do. There is some disagreements among scientists about what causes some Lions to attack humans. Some say its a learned behavior. Some say sickness or old age or bad molars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3756180.stm

Its probably a combination of all.

What is clear however is that some Lions are man eaters and some are not. If all Lions were man eaters then the number of humn deaths would be substantially higher.

Animal experts have however disputed the theory. A Tanzanian lion researcher says the report is only meant to amuse the public.

GenericID

Clearly you do not read either

As I have said earlier, there is no consensus among scientists on what causes Lions to become man eaters.

The German researcher (Dr Rolf Baldus) from the BBC link I posted above says that dental diseases cause Lions to become Man eaters.

However the Tanzanian researcher says the report was meant to amuse the public. Personally I find it difficult to believe that German and British researchers would produce a report to amuse the public. If you choose to believe that then suit yourself.

What is clear however is that not all Lion are man-eaters. This is contrary to your claim above.

Personally, I'd take the word of a Tanzanian researcher (who may not speak English as his first language, so he may have mistakenly used the word "amused" when he meant something else) over an English or German one. I'll leave you to work out why.

There are no man-eater lions.

Joplas, just give up. It's not possible to get anything into GenericIdiot's head.

Another brilliant post, thanks for the contribution.

At least I can console myself with the fact that, whatever my other faults might be, I'm not a cyberstalking loser whose sole contribution to any thread is calling people names.