Whilst this looks absolutely wonderful, we all know this isn’t normal behaviour for a lion and shouldn’t be encouraged. It will only take one incident for that beautiful creature to behave naturally, like a lion should behave and possibly hurt one of the visitors and they’ll end her wont they. Just irresponsible behaviour on the part of the people who run the tours.
I remember my first time going to the Safari Park up in Escondido and seeing how a lioness there reacted to an old lady with a limp and a cane walking by outside her enclosure. She absolutely just zeroed in with laser focus on that old lady, tracking her and ignoring all us other apes gawking at her. And it made me realize how much these are still wild animals. If it hadn't been for the thick glass wall separating us, she'd have immediately taken down that old woman. That lady was prey to her, even though she's used to seeing humans around.
This sort of thing here absolutely shouldn't exist. It's not an if, it's a when.
This place is in Crimea. If I'm not mistaken it's now closed down.
You're the first one to mention behavior on the part of the people who run the tours.
Good catch. This place has mistreated animals quite a bit. Due to the order I heard the stories, at first I thought that Russia was being dinks in harassing them.
Then I saw the other side of the story. The abuses were many.
It's been awhile since I saw it, so I'm not sure if the sites are even still up. I basically recall that this place had the same feel as Sea World and the suffering of the marine animals- only this was with Lions and a few others instead.
Edit- I tried looking it up. It's Taigon Lion Safari Park. It closed in 2019, but has since been reopened in 2023.
Most of the coverage is positive now. It's looking like it's the same owner. Apparently he's treating the animals better.
From one of the articles: The Taigan has been closed since December 2019 - at first it could not work due to lengthy lawsuits, and then quarantine measures due to coronavirus.
Back to me. Those lengthy lawsuits were legit. The way some of those animals were treated was brutal. It was one of those situations where the public sees all smiles, but behind the scenes the Lions were suffering.
Essentially they had some 60 Lions. The few that liked people were the ones everyone saw. The rest weren't treated so well.
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u/Shellrant42day 2d ago
Whilst this looks absolutely wonderful, we all know this isn’t normal behaviour for a lion and shouldn’t be encouraged. It will only take one incident for that beautiful creature to behave naturally, like a lion should behave and possibly hurt one of the visitors and they’ll end her wont they. Just irresponsible behaviour on the part of the people who run the tours.