Poisoning of lion cubs for stuffed animal trade
Category: lions | Date: Jun 16 2008 | By: Martin
This is an not new information but it’s still interesting. I just found out that in 2006 six rare Abyssinian lion cubs were poisoned in a zoo because authorities could not afford to feed them. However, Muhedin Abdulaziz, the administrator at the Lion Zoo in the capital, Addis Ababa, said “The dead cubs were sold to taxidermists for $170 each to be stuffed and sold as ornaments”.
Apparently federal wildlife officials monitored the poisoning, which they said “was painless”.
Ok, what messed up zoo will poison their own animals, and what kind of freak wants to buy a stuffed poisoned lion cub!?
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2 Responses to “Poisoning of lion cubs for stuffed animal trade”
sheryl, washington dc, on 16 Jun 2008
They probably claim this is a cultural tradition, or some such nonsense to explain such a vile, cruel act. I doubt there was any motivation behind the poisoning other than profit.
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Christine C., on 16 Jun 2008
This is one of the most abhorrent things I have read in a while…disgusting…makes me ashamed to be human…
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