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November 10, 2009
Deer Jumps Into Lion Pen at DC Zoo
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From washingtonpost.com:
A deer that jumped a wall at the National Zoo was fatally injured by two lions Sunday as dozens of startled spectators looked on. Click here to read the full story.
And here's a video taken by an onlooker. The deer did escape the lions, but had to be euthanized because of a gut injury.
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Comments (25)
All I have to say is "that is one lucky deer" to be alive at that!!!
I don't know why people were getting all upset. Afterall, didn't they come to the zoo to see some "wild" animals. It doesn't get much more real than seeing the circle of life happen.
People always seem to cheer for the underdog ... in this case, obviously, the deer. Is that the same mentality with hunters and the hunted?
Maybe it is a good idea to start a hunting season in the City Limits.
Those lions were just messing around with it. Almost as if they didn't remember how to kill the deer.
Mike D is right. She let it go like a house cat with a lizard. If the lions were born in captivity, they probably never hunted live prey. The croud reaction is funny to me-OMG, that wicked mother nature doing her thing--help--stop her!!! Another example of how we're becoming "overcivilized."
looks like taking a trip to africa to me. more like it than a bunch of lazy overfed lions anyway. how many times to you think a whitetail and an african lion have ever met? i think as far as the hunters and the hunted, if i had to kill to eat, i would have died of starvation many years ago, i think that makes me the underdog.
The area surrounding that Zoo is likely "NO HUNTING" yet they have so many deer that they are jumping into Lion pens. Go figure.
I doubt that the lions have lost their instinct to kill, they were probably just not hungry. I'm sure the staff feeds them daily; in the wild they're probably lucky to eat every few days.
The lions also looked young, so combine that with daily feeding and you get a half-@ss chase. How many times have we all watched footage of prey walking around lions that had just ate a kill?
So... after the deer was euthanized, did it go to waste? Or did the zoo keepers do the practical(at least by my thinking) thing and feed it to the lions after hours?
I guess their mothers never taught them to not play with your food...
I guess their mothers never taught them to not play with your food...
Had to be euthanized because of a gut injury?
I don't buy that, My Vet would have fixed that little criter good as new!!
DON'T TAKE YOUR DOG TO THAT VET!
I think they should have given the lions the deer (after it was euthanized) because it would be retarded to let it just go to waste. I am glad they didnt just let the lions kill it because PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) would be ticked, especailly because all the children around watching the whole ordeal.
They wasted good money on the euthanasia cocktail, when they could have just let the lions have the deer? I don't get it. There really is a serious disconnect between predator and prey in the minds of these Bambi-huggers, cheering for the deer. If they did, in fact, euthanized it, then that meat is contaminated and not fit for consumption. What a waste, because yearling deer are delicious and tastes like veal. It's probably good that I haven't been to a zoo since I was 10. Nowadays, if I did, all I'd see is chops, tenderloin backstraps, sausage and burgers whenever I came across a "grazer." The lions were probably playing with the deer before the kill, as cats are wont to do. Ever see a domestic cat play with a mouse-toy for hours? They're honing honing their killing skills.
when I was a teenager I worked at a zoo, and they had a petting zoo for the kids. The zoo would get animals donated by those who thought it was "cute' to get a farm animal as a pet, until the kids got bored and the parents were tired of taking care of the "pet" so these animals, (sheep and exotic goats mostly) would be new additions to the petting zoo. well spoiled/abused livestock do not make good petting zoo animals, so as they grew too old/aggressive, they would become food for the big cats. also any of the other hoofed animals as they also got too old/aggressive/ were put down and became tiger, leopard or jaguar meals. It was a real eye opener, for me. I thought of it as recycling.
That sounds like an excellent way to increase visitors to the zoo. "Fawn Fridays"
Where the hell did that deer come from? Poor lion didn't understand the confusion and people yelling. I'm confused why it didn't go into the moat after the deer. I do have compassion for the deer but as ckRich asked, did the zoo do the practical thing and feed it to the lion?
One last thought on the behavior of the lion. I guess I was rough on the lions behavior, he/she probably never had to chase their food to survive. Stupid me.
Ummm. The terrified reaction of the crowd got me thinking. I wonder what PETA would think if all lions in zoos were fed live bait? It is after all only natural for the lion to bite the neck of it's prey until it suffocates and we want the lion to be as natural as possible, right?
I was walking down the sidewalk a couple weeks ago going to a football game in a yuppie little college town when I came across a man and woman in distress. There was a raccoon hanging from a tree limb in their front yard, obviously on its last leg and dying. The poor critter was stuck in a tree limb, barely moving, tongue hanging out. The couple had raked leaves into a big pile so when the coon fell it would have a soft landing. The man told me he had never been so upset in his life and he felt helpless watching this creature die. I stood in his front yard, looked up into the tree then looked him square in the eye and just said, "It's nature" and just walked away.
My point being, the people at the zoo and the people in their front yards do not realize how cruel nature is. And if you were to compare the role of the hunter as the zoo keeper whom feeds the lions animals that are humanely killed I think most would chose death by a hunter rather then nature.
It's nature alright, the natural instinct to hunt for food.In a zoo with a natural preditor,that instinct is not brought out.Can't imagine a zookeeper feeling at ease in any area with a lion that is allowed or encouaged hunt.
those lions were practicing quality deer management.
Why is everyone so shocked?When a large predator (like a lion) is hungry and a potential meal lands in its lap,the instincts are going to kick in and the animal is going to kill for food.
PETA is bound to send a few morons over there to blame the owners or keepers or whoever was in a 10-foot radius.
Mommy Mommy whats Simba doing to Bambi!!
ok, when deer start wandering into lions dens at the zoo, you have a population issue. i would be happy to help with that situation for free.
wow, this is amazing video,brave deer..
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I don't know why people were getting all upset. Afterall, didn't they come to the zoo to see some "wild" animals. It doesn't get much more real than seeing the circle of life happen.
Those lions were just messing around with it. Almost as if they didn't remember how to kill the deer.
Had to be euthanized because of a gut injury?
I don't buy that, My Vet would have fixed that little criter good as new!!
DON'T TAKE YOUR DOG TO THAT VET!
Maybe it is a good idea to start a hunting season in the City Limits.
Mike D is right. She let it go like a house cat with a lizard. If the lions were born in captivity, they probably never hunted live prey. The croud reaction is funny to me-OMG, that wicked mother nature doing her thing--help--stop her!!! Another example of how we're becoming "overcivilized."
So... after the deer was euthanized, did it go to waste? Or did the zoo keepers do the practical(at least by my thinking) thing and feed it to the lions after hours?
I doubt that the lions have lost their instinct to kill, they were probably just not hungry. I'm sure the staff feeds them daily; in the wild they're probably lucky to eat every few days.
I think they should have given the lions the deer (after it was euthanized) because it would be retarded to let it just go to waste. I am glad they didnt just let the lions kill it because PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) would be ticked, especailly because all the children around watching the whole ordeal.
when I was a teenager I worked at a zoo, and they had a petting zoo for the kids. The zoo would get animals donated by those who thought it was "cute' to get a farm animal as a pet, until the kids got bored and the parents were tired of taking care of the "pet" so these animals, (sheep and exotic goats mostly) would be new additions to the petting zoo. well spoiled/abused livestock do not make good petting zoo animals, so as they grew too old/aggressive, they would become food for the big cats. also any of the other hoofed animals as they also got too old/aggressive/ were put down and became tiger, leopard or jaguar meals. It was a real eye opener, for me. I thought of it as recycling.
That sounds like an excellent way to increase visitors to the zoo. "Fawn Fridays"
People always seem to cheer for the underdog ... in this case, obviously, the deer. Is that the same mentality with hunters and the hunted?
looks like taking a trip to africa to me. more like it than a bunch of lazy overfed lions anyway. how many times to you think a whitetail and an african lion have ever met? i think as far as the hunters and the hunted, if i had to kill to eat, i would have died of starvation many years ago, i think that makes me the underdog.
The area surrounding that Zoo is likely "NO HUNTING" yet they have so many deer that they are jumping into Lion pens. Go figure.
The lions also looked young, so combine that with daily feeding and you get a half-@ss chase. How many times have we all watched footage of prey walking around lions that had just ate a kill?
I guess their mothers never taught them to not play with your food...
I guess their mothers never taught them to not play with your food...
They wasted good money on the euthanasia cocktail, when they could have just let the lions have the deer? I don't get it. There really is a serious disconnect between predator and prey in the minds of these Bambi-huggers, cheering for the deer. If they did, in fact, euthanized it, then that meat is contaminated and not fit for consumption. What a waste, because yearling deer are delicious and tastes like veal. It's probably good that I haven't been to a zoo since I was 10. Nowadays, if I did, all I'd see is chops, tenderloin backstraps, sausage and burgers whenever I came across a "grazer." The lions were probably playing with the deer before the kill, as cats are wont to do. Ever see a domestic cat play with a mouse-toy for hours? They're honing honing their killing skills.
Ummm. The terrified reaction of the crowd got me thinking. I wonder what PETA would think if all lions in zoos were fed live bait? It is after all only natural for the lion to bite the neck of it's prey until it suffocates and we want the lion to be as natural as possible, right?
I was walking down the sidewalk a couple weeks ago going to a football game in a yuppie little college town when I came across a man and woman in distress. There was a raccoon hanging from a tree limb in their front yard, obviously on its last leg and dying. The poor critter was stuck in a tree limb, barely moving, tongue hanging out. The couple had raked leaves into a big pile so when the coon fell it would have a soft landing. The man told me he had never been so upset in his life and he felt helpless watching this creature die. I stood in his front yard, looked up into the tree then looked him square in the eye and just said, "It's nature" and just walked away.
My point being, the people at the zoo and the people in their front yards do not realize how cruel nature is. And if you were to compare the role of the hunter as the zoo keeper whom feeds the lions animals that are humanely killed I think most would chose death by a hunter rather then nature.
All I have to say is "that is one lucky deer" to be alive at that!!!
Where the hell did that deer come from? Poor lion didn't understand the confusion and people yelling. I'm confused why it didn't go into the moat after the deer. I do have compassion for the deer but as ckRich asked, did the zoo do the practical thing and feed it to the lion?
One last thought on the behavior of the lion. I guess I was rough on the lions behavior, he/she probably never had to chase their food to survive. Stupid me.
It's nature alright, the natural instinct to hunt for food.In a zoo with a natural preditor,that instinct is not brought out.Can't imagine a zookeeper feeling at ease in any area with a lion that is allowed or encouaged hunt.
Why is everyone so shocked?When a large predator (like a lion) is hungry and a potential meal lands in its lap,the instincts are going to kick in and the animal is going to kill for food.
PETA is bound to send a few morons over there to blame the owners or keepers or whoever was in a 10-foot radius.
Mommy Mommy whats Simba doing to Bambi!!
ok, when deer start wandering into lions dens at the zoo, you have a population issue. i would be happy to help with that situation for free.
those lions were practicing quality deer management.
wow, this is amazing video,brave deer..
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