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Petition: Severely Malnourished Lion Rescued from Zoo in Nigeria

Petition: Severely Malnourished Lion Rescued from Zoo in Nigeria

December 1, 2020February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 11 Comments

A starving lion and other underfed animals were reported by a visitor at the Gamji Gate Zoo in Nigeria, two groups are stepping in to help the animals. [email protected], a local animal charity and the Nigerian Association of Zoological Gardens and Wildlife Parks (NAZAP) stepped in to take on the situation. Francis Abioye, NAZAP National […]

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Heartbreaking Video Shows the Cruel Reality of Canned Hunts

Heartbreaking Video Shows the Cruel Reality of Canned Hunts

October 14, 2020October 10, 2020 Supertrooper 4 Comments

In September of 2019, Born Free released this short film, “The Bitter Bond” to show the cruel reality of the canned hunting industry. They released it with a petition that called for an end to canned hunting in South Africa, which garnered almost a quarter of a million signatures.  This September, they submitted it […]

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Moment tourist almost gets savaged by angry lion after POKING him from window of safari Jeep while trying to take a photo

Moment tourist almost gets savaged by angry lion after POKING him from window of safari Jeep while trying to take a photo

June 10, 2020February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 22 Comments

Shocking footage shows a tourist leaning out of a car window to stroke a lion sitting next to their car in a national park. The lion is facing away from the car when the tourist leans over her fellow passenger to touch the lion in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Maasai Sightings said that […]

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Petition: Safari Park Owner Caught on Video Punching Lion

Safari Park Owner Caught on Video Punching Lion

May 16, 2020February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 12 Comments

Dean Schneider, a safari park owner and Instagram influencer, is under investigation after footage of him punching a lion surfaced on Instagram, according to the Sun. Schneider left his job in Switzerland to move to South Africa to care for lions at the Hakuna Mipaka Oasis lion reserve. He shares photos to his millions of […]

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Lions Maul Woman To Death At Private Reserve In South Africa

Lions Maul Woman To Death At Private Reserve In South Africa

February 20, 2020February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 2 Comments

South African police are currently investigating a case where a 21-year-old woman was allegedly attacked and mauled to death by a pride of lions at a private Game Reserve in Limpopo, South Africa. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), police and medical emergency services responded to the scene swiftly. The woman was discovered […]

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Manhunt launched after five lions killed on Northam farm

Manhunt launched after five lions killed on Northam farm

November 30, 2019February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Limpopo police have launched a manhunt after five lions were killed on a farm in the Northam area. Preliminary investigations suggested the lions might have been fed poison-laced chicken by the suspects who gained entry onto the farm by cutting a fence, according to police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo. “The lions were discovered on Wednesday […]

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‘Lions are on the menu now’: Inside the legal lion bone trade

‘Lions are on the menu now’: Inside the legal lion bone trade

November 7, 2019February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Kris Everatt was tracking lion prides as part of his conservation research in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park when he came across dozens of dead vultures near a waterhole. As he walked closer to the waterhole, he saw the mutilated bodies of three lions. Their faces and paws were missing. “I’d never seen a lion with […]

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Woman taunts lion after climbing into enclosure at Bronx Zoo

Woman taunts lion after climbing into enclosure at Bronx Zoo

October 7, 2019February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 9 Comments

A woman climbed over a safety barrier at New York City’s Bronx Zoo last week and made her way into the lion exhibit, standing dangerously close to one of the animals. The woman, standing a few feet away from a male lion, waved her hands and moved her body as if she was dancing. The […]

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