NitroX
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| 09/09/09 01:11 PM |
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Re: Canned lions---3000 of the suckers
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... because farmers can’t afford to keep lions on their estates for long periods of time due to the cost of the antelopes they would eat. It also argued that the lions may need to be euthanized as the legislation reduced their commercial value.
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Lions bred for hunting are often shot after just a few days in the wild. In captivity they are mostly fed on donkey meat bought from rural communities. After their release from breeding cages they catch and eat game that the farmers have acquired for their estates. An adult male lion can eat about six metric tons of meat during a two-year period.
Why don't the captive breeders just release a lot of donkeys into the larger lion hunting areas. No doubt the lions will kill a lot of donkeys rather than antelope. Perhaps even start releasing lions at an earlier age so when they are ready to be hunted they have already been "out" for a minimum of two years.
The real question is can these lions actually hunt for themselves anyway? If they have been raised on freshly killed meat and not had to kill beasts and learn stalking and hunting themselves, could most actually survive for two years without feeding? Also lions kill as a pride, so would a pride structure be required? Would a LOT of males in an area be possible anyway - ie would they fight and kill each other much more than in natural environments and densities?