The Crowd is Stirring Zimbabwe Africa

I was a little unnerved by it all. Antelope Park touts itself as a place for animal rehabilitation and futuristic animal projects to return lions to their native African habitats. I saw it as something of a Disneyworld for Lions. Their sales pitch is to buy activities to support their efforts to return African Lions to the wild. Had they returned one lion in the 13 years that they had been trying I would have been less of a cynic. Here the troops are gathered to watch a group of five lions charge a large pile of animal by-products to get the meal they are provided every few days. The troops got to get within a couple of feet of lions arguing over who gets the biggest share. While the lions were eating the troops seemed to enjoy taunting the lions enough to get a little response out of them. They were confident that the fence would hold. There’s nothing quite like having a lion let out a growl and lunge at you, teeth bared and dripping with blood. As long as the fence holds. I’m not sure who was more blood-thirsty, the lions or the tourists. Note that the largest dimension available for this picture is 1024 X 768 as it was uploaded at a very slow bandwidth from a remote location in Africa.