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kittymowmow on March 16th, 2008
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Three lions have been speared to death by Masai tribesmen in a dispute over grazing rights on the edge of the world-famous Amboseli game reserve in Kenya in a further blow to a tourist industry reeling from weeks of bloody post-election chaos.
The incident has once again thrown the spotlight on to the uneasy relationship between impoverished local people and wildlife that is considered an essential magnet for attracting wealthy Western tourists to Africa.
The deaths of the animals, which once roamed the East African plains at will, take the total number of lions killed in the reserve lying at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in the past eight months to ten.
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Tags: Africa, Kenya, Lions, Mt. Kilimanjaro
July 14th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
OH MY GOSH!!! I am a ten year old girl and even I think that is HORRIBLE!!! I am an animal lover witch is partly why i am HATING that comment! I hope that this nonsense stops soon because lions and ALL other animals deserfe to live!!! thank-you very much…. AND WHOEVER DID THIS TO THE LIONS ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOO DEAD!!!! BYE!!!
from,animal lover,
Catherine in newbrunswick!
July 14th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
By the way my comment was accualy sent at 6:00pm….BYE!!!! P.S. PLEASE HELP THE LIONS!!!!
July 25th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Hi Catherine,
How do you plan to help the lions?
August 24th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
i am currently working on shamwari reserve and find that disgusting!