lion – YLoveBigCats https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en Big cats from the world,<br>a world of big cats Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:57:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Playing with lion cubs… https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2016/09/18/playing-with-lion-cubs/ Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:01:05 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=1011 Kevin Richardson appears to have found a way to approach African lions in total security. Today, we can see him with a lionness which let hime handle her cubs.

Don’t try this at home. Or with your own Fido, not with Nala…

]]> Traffic delays at Kruger Park https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2016/06/28/traffic-delays-at-kruger-park/ Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:20:58 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=994 Traffic jams are always a bit difficult to manage, but those ones…

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]]> An American dentist killed Cecil the lion https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2015/07/29/an-american-dentist-killed-cecil-the-lion/ Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:14:51 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=964 Once upon a time, there was in Zimbabwe a lion known of nearly all the country: Black mane, Cecil.

Cecil
This lion was killed by a “poacher”. It was lurd out of the safety of the reserve where it was protected (Hwange National Park), then seriously wounded by a poisoned arrow, and finally shot by the rifle of a tourist.

Is there anything dirtier?

The tourist has been tracked and found. He paid $55,000 to leave with the skin and head of the superb animal who was loved and admired by all (bar one). It was an American dentist, Walter James Palmer (first suspicions were wrongly looking toward a Spanish touist).

Even in his country, he is now reviled. At least, not all the North American are not this kind of a-hole. I specially appreciated Jimmy Kimmel’s reaction on his TV show: He is asking what reason could draw a normal man to such an act: The Vox: Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional monologue about Cecil the lion.

Let all lion hunters know that they are often out of the law and they are all the dirtiest of the dirtiest, not worth being part of the human society.

]]> Never turn your back on big cats https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2014/04/21/never-turn-your-back-on-big-cats/ Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:07:07 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=928 The big cats are wild hunters and killing machines, even when held in captivity for a long time. See how these ones (lions, tigers, and all) behave once they notice that a possible pray is not looking.

Ready for a kill at any time.

Tame, you said?

]]> Friendly battle with the lions https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2014/02/16/friendly-battle-with-the-lions/ Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:15:08 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=917 Kevin Richardson is well known for his success in approching lions enough to share games with them like if they were big kittens (obviously very big, too). This time, with the help of a portable video camera on his head, you will be able to experience some of what is happenning to him when a big male lion runs to him.

Listen to Kevin explaining that the back of the ears have the smoothest fur.

Then, you’ll also be able to admire spotted hyena friend of Kevin (they aren’t cats, but they are much nicer than what you’d believe).

And remember what Kevin says at the end: “If we carry on along the same path, we’ll not see lions in twenty years”.

Is it really necessary to mention that you should not try this with lions not from your own home?

]]> 21 gorgeous photos of lions https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2014/01/01/21-gorgeous-photos-of-lions/ Tue, 31 Dec 2013 22:12:38 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=839 Most of these photos (from LightStalking) are taken in zoos, but they look gorgeous anyway.

Happy new year to all big cat lovers.

]]> An old lion https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2012/03/09/an-old-lion/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:13:17 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=819 Felis Leo
Felis Leo - Johann Matthäus Bechstein

A picture from the 8-volume series by Johann Bechstein, ‘Getreue Abbildungen Naturhistorischer Gegenstände’ (Realistic Pictures from Natural History), issued between 1795 and 1807. Seven of those volumes are available from the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. (click through on a volume – band – then on anything below ‘Inhalt’, and then on ‘Vorschau’ for thumbnail pages.)

Bechstein books

Via BilbiOdyssey.

]]> Taking a lion for a ride https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2012/02/29/taking-a-lion-for-a-ride/ Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:09:50 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=814

With a good video of a lion ride a “wall of death.”

]]> The lion who was crazy about football https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2011/12/14/the-lion-who-was-crazy-about-football/ Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:53:40 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=792

YouTube link

]]> Some lions from Botswana https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2011/12/02/some-lions-from-botswana/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:21:01 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=784 A few pictures of these large and beautiful predators when I could approach them during a recent photo trip to Botswana.

Lion – Copyright (C) Yves Roumazeilles – All rights reserved

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Lion – Copyright (C) Yves Roumazeilles – All rights reserved

Botswana, October 2011.

My other photographs from Botswana are on http://www.redbubble.com/people/roumazeilles

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