{"id":753224,"date":"2018-05-14T09:02:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T13:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=753224"},"modified":"2018-05-14T09:02:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T13:02:51","slug":"lion-shot-dead-for-behaving-like-a-wild-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=753224","title":{"rendered":"Lion Shot Dead for Behaving Like a Wild Animal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>These animals aren\u2019t where they belong. Nevertheless, zoos continue to breed them under the guise of \u201cconservation\u201d.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PETA UK:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Whether they\u2019re called safari parks, drive-through wildlife reserves, game parks, or zoos, these facilities are nothing more than animal prisons maintained for human amusement. No amount of time in captivity can take away from a wild animal\u2019s natural instincts. Lions, for example, roam far and wide, claim territory, and seek out mates in nature \u2013 none of which they can do in captivity. Oxford University researchers concluded that animals who are wide-ranging by nature experience physical and psychological anguish in captivity and should be phased out of zoos altogether.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In this most recent incident, Mike Hodge, the park\u2019s owner, entered the enclosure, knowing that the lions were nearby and unsettled. A lion easily caught him and dragged him into the bushes as witnesses screamed in fear and panic. Reportedly, the animal was later killed, despite doing nothing more than acting like a lion&#8230; These animals aren\u2019t where they belong. Nevertheless, zoos continue to breed them under the guise of \u201cconservation\u201d to produce crowd-pleasing babies and to bolster their inventories&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org.uk\/blog\/lion-shot-dead-for-behaving-like-a-wild-animal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QR44f2SRWGE?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETA UK: &#8216;Whether they\u2019re called safari parks, drive-through wildlife reserves, game parks, or zoos, these facilities are nothing more than animal prisons maintained for human amusement. No amount of time in captivity can take away from a wild animal\u2019s natural instincts. Lions, for example, roam far and wide, claim territory, and seek out mates in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":753225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,23,25],"tags":[27,28,30],"class_list":["post-753224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-justice","category-rights","category-welfare","tag-cruelty","tag-entertainment","tag-exploitation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=753224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753226,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753224\/revisions\/753226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/753225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=753224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=753224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=753224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}