International Lion Day

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 10, 201675 views6 comments

This is not really a celebratory image, as this young lady had been severely mutilated by a snare laid by local villagers, and had completely lost the lower half of her right leg.
We had found the snare the day before and handed it in to authorities, who were totally disinterested, as they were when we reported the sighting of the lioness.
Increasing population can only lead to more of this!
EOS 1DX MkII
200-400 mm F4 at 560 mm
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Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 11, 2016 at 8:22 AM

Nice image but sickening story. Not a bright future for this beauty, I'm afraid.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on August 11, 2016 at 11:06 PM

She looks so sad. A terribly sad story to go with the image.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on August 12, 2016 at 11:00 AM

Ken: a sad commentary indeed. Wish I had the answer to human/animal conflict. Richard

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 13, 2016 at 3:17 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments on this outrageous situation.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 13, 2016 at 9:29 AM

Image is well done...but the back story makes it difficult to view. Thanks for sharing it.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 29, 2016 at 4:33 AM

Just heard that this poor Lioness has been killed by Buffalo.
No assistance was ever provided by UWA (Ugandan Wildlife Authority), things are slowly going downhill.

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