A Michael Broad Blog
Three Buddhist monks were meditating under a tree in a forest about 510 miles west of the state capital of Maharashtra, Mumbai, within a protected reserve for leopards and tigers and where four other fatal attacks have occurred in recent weeks. The monks had ignored warnings from officials about going too far into the …
Once they have found him, a man-eating lion living in the north-west of India in the Gir National Park will be spared and placed in a zoo instead of being shot. I like that. It is the kind of attitude which pleases me. In the past this would not have happened. A “white hunter” …
Having been prosecuted for failing to protect their employees, a private zoo in the UK will have to fork out £400,000 ($574,000) which includes a fine relating to an earlier matter. The £400,000 and includes a fine of £255,000 for health and safety breaches which led to the death of one of its zoo …
Quinn Swales, a photographic Safari guide who was leading a group of tourists in the same National Park in Zimbabwe that was the home of Cecil the lion (who was killed by the infamous dentist Walter Palmer), has been attacked and killed by a male lion. The lion’s name is Nxaha. He wore a …
Although my deepest sympathies are with the family of the bereaved woman, there is a good aspect to this tragic story which you may have heard about. In brief, on June 1st, an American woman was visiting a South African safari park, in Gauteng, in which there are many lions. You drive through the …
I’ll be honest. I am reluctant to do a page on the classic big cat attack because all are due to people’s stupidity and lack of sensibility to the wild cat’s instincts and behavior. Although making that point is not politically correct in some circles. But I succumbed. Below is a list of 20 …
