tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post1677481364344429808..comments2024-03-18T17:08:18.111-05:00Comments on Fatale Abstraction: phlegmfatalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-54740359649379250702008-10-20T14:55:00.000-05:002008-10-20T14:55:00.000-05:00jcat - Aw, jeez. Hand-fed lions being shot as gam...jcat - Aw, jeez. Hand-fed lions being shot as game? That IS worse. Just like the barbaric practice of fighting dogs, yet another instance of humans breaking a pact of stewardship. Shameful. <BR/><BR/>I agree about canned hunting. I am not even comfortable with seeding deer feeders - I figure if you don't go out tromping around and LOOKING for deer, or just waiting for them to MAYBE come by, it's not really hunting.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-20066362616891764262008-10-20T14:31:00.000-05:002008-10-20T14:31:00.000-05:00Actually, it's worse than that. Very many of the "...Actually, it's worse than that. Very many of the "safari" companies buy hand-raised lions from tourist places when the little darlings get big enough to bite hard and aren't so photogenic either anymore. The cubs have been bottle-fed, imprinted and tamed to such an extent that they cannot be released in the wild. The hunting company keeps them on a reasonably large farm, raises them till they are big enough to shoot as trophies (but will still come to be given their supper every day). I've heard many stories of the lion being moved to an enclosure about 4 or 5 acres in size. Not that hard to find your vicious wild animal in that limited space...<BR/>Canned hunting sucks!!jcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736961961261409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-27716438799247958212008-10-15T09:18:00.000-05:002008-10-15T09:18:00.000-05:00georgeh - oh, of course, your explanation is simpl...georgeh - oh, of course, your explanation is simpler and makes more sense. Silly me! I just thought they were out in the middle of nowhere, hundreds of miles from any people. :)phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-52188867842911048482008-10-15T08:34:00.000-05:002008-10-15T08:34:00.000-05:00Cages?Waay too much trouble.Every villager for a h...Cages?<BR/>Waay too much trouble.<BR/><BR/>Every villager for a hundred miles around knows the safari company will pay a spotters tip on just where there are lions this week.GeorgeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736838055941100599noreply@blogger.com