{"id":12521,"date":"2012-06-07T05:46:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T03:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=12521"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:25:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:25:55","slug":"chew-your-meat-you-panthera-leo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/chew-your-meat-you-panthera-leo\/","title":{"rendered":"Chew your meat, you Panthera leo"},"content":{"rendered":"

“We Bought a Zoo (2011)” this film portraits a story that is not far from reality and I was fortunate to be involved in filming behind the scenes the revival of one in tropical Australia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Panthera leo cub in captivity in N. Australia Zoo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

The receivers of this closed zoo appointed a zoo animal carer to look after the animals welfare until such time a new owner was found to purchase the zoo.<\/p>\n

These are some of the behind the scenes with “Tim Husband” the appointed Zoo Keeper and a whisperer to these animals. We will in a near future release some more fascinating footage as a tribute to Tim’s remarkable professionalism and integrity toward these magnificent animals in a love and survival stories.<\/p>\n

The following video segment is a dramatic lion cub scene where gulping the meat without properly chewing has almost disastrous consequences. Although a situation like these in captivity is quite rare, deaths have occurred from food chocking on exotic captive animals in New Zealand and the Rotterdam Zoo.<\/p>\n

Performing the “Heimlich maneuver” in a lion cub, is a common procedure, by applying several forceful abdominal thrusts that force air out of the lungs via the diaphragm. It may seem hard and brutal, but in comparison to a kick from a Zebra, this is a walk in the park for any lion.<\/p>\n

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