I find this story very interesting because it says a lot about our own shortcomings.
The
mother lion tried to show kindness with several baby oryx but wasn't
able to provide proper care and caused two oryx babies to die and one
that had to be taken away because it was dying of malnourishment. With
this latest baby oryx she has adopted, she seems to have learned enough
to let a lactating Oryx feed the baby, but how many tries and dead oryx did it take to keep one alive? And just because she wanted to be a mother to one?
What
I find interesting about it is the human study, the sociological scene
giving way to so much wisdom if we care to see it. Humans do this all
the time. Humans are always having babies they can't take care of and
then we have millions of starving, neglected, abused children around the
world because of it.
If
someone cannot nourish a child and keep them healthy, they shouldn't
have them. Love is wonderful but it doesn't keep a baby alive.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
The mother lion tried to show kindness with several baby oryx but wasn't able to provide proper care and caused two oryx babies to die and one that had to be taken away because it was dying of malnourishment. With this latest baby oryx she has adopted, she seems to have learned enough to let a lactating Oryx feed the baby, but how many tries and dead oryx did it take to keep one alive? And just because she wanted to be a mother to one?
What I find interesting about it is the human study, the sociological scene giving way to so much wisdom if we care to see it. Humans do this all the time. Humans are always having babies they can't take care of and then we have millions of starving, neglected, abused children around the world because of it.
If someone cannot nourish a child and keep them healthy, they shouldn't have them. Love is wonderful but it doesn't keep a baby alive.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
Monday, 1 April, 2002, 14:00 GMT 15:00 UK
Lioness adopts third baby antelope
Tourists flocked to watch the unlikely pair
A
lioness in Kenya has adopted another baby oryx - her third in as many
months, game wardens at the northern Samburu National Park have
reported.
The lioness is said to allow a female oryx several minutes each day to feed the new-born calf.
The last calf was killed while she was sleeping
The oryx would
normally represent a tasty meal to a lion, but this is not the first
time the lioness has placed a calf under her protection.
One
was seen in her company in December last year, but it was eaten by
other lions after two weeks. Another calf was taken away from her in
February and placed in a zoo because it showed signs of malnourishment.
Dangers
The
chief game warden in Samburu, Simon Leirana, said that the lioness was
seen with a baby oryx no more then three days old early on Saturday.
"We are baffled. We do not know what to do with this third oryx," said Mr Leirana.
Lions, like all the other species, including human beings, have this kind of feelings for babies
Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick
He
said wildlife officials might decide to let nature take its course,
leaving the calf to take its chances with starvation or other predators.
The lioness is said to be "fiercely protective" of the oryx - becoming very aggressive when any human come near.
Three adult onyxes have been seen near the unlikely duo though, one of which is believed to be the mother.
Grief stricken
When
the last calf was eaten by a male lion while she slept, the lioness was
said to have been stricken with grief - she went around roaring in
anger.
Cases
of lionesses showing maternal affection for animals they would normally
see as prey are not unprecedented, conservationist Daphne Sheldrick
said.
"It
does happen, but it's quite unusual. Lions, like all the other species,
including human beings, have this kind of feelings for babies," she
said.
Lioness adopts third baby antelope
Tourists flocked to watch the unlikely pair
A
lioness in Kenya has adopted another baby oryx - her third in as many
months, game wardens at the northern Samburu National Park have
reported.
The oryx would
normally represent a tasty meal to a lion, but this is not the first
time the lioness has placed a calf under her protection.
The lioness is said to allow a female oryx several minutes each day to feed the new-born calf.
The last calf was killed while she was sleeping
|
One
was seen in her company in December last year, but it was eaten by
other lions after two weeks. Another calf was taken away from her in
February and placed in a zoo because it showed signs of malnourishment.
Dangers
The
chief game warden in Samburu, Simon Leirana, said that the lioness was
seen with a baby oryx no more then three days old early on Saturday.
"We are baffled. We do not know what to do with this third oryx," said Mr Leirana.
Lions, like all the other species, including human beings, have this kind of feelings for babies
|
Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick
|
He
said wildlife officials might decide to let nature take its course,
leaving the calf to take its chances with starvation or other predators.
The lioness is said to be "fiercely protective" of the oryx - becoming very aggressive when any human come near.
Three adult onyxes have been seen near the unlikely duo though, one of which is believed to be the mother.
Grief stricken
When
the last calf was eaten by a male lion while she slept, the lioness was
said to have been stricken with grief - she went around roaring in
anger.
Cases
of lionesses showing maternal affection for animals they would normally
see as prey are not unprecedented, conservationist Daphne Sheldrick
said.
"It
does happen, but it's quite unusual. Lions, like all the other species,
including human beings, have this kind of feelings for babies," she
said.
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