LIONS PARK, STAY SAFE.


I still can't believe that a woman died from a lionesses attack in Lions Park in Johannesburg. When we visited park everything was so peaceful. But we know that once in a while animals are able to attack people, even if they lived with and known these people for a long time.

Joy Adamson died after lions attacked her, however later police thought that the burglar was implicated.

A witness, a 37 year old engineer from Johannesburg, who followed Kathrine Chappel saw how she opened the window of her car to make a picture and lioness attacked her. Everything happened so quickly. People, who witnessed attack were able only to hoot. Lioness practically teared off woman's shoulder, no one was able to interfere. She died shortly afterwards.

We went to Lions Park twice. It was a perfect summer day. There were a lot of visitors. We, and other people (among them were pupils), were able to watch animals and even touch lion's cubs. That was an unforgettable experience.

"When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first to benefit". (Rumi). That was from the blog mirelatushe.blogspot.com. Wonderful words!

In that little video you can see how adorable are the lion cubs.

That was, probably one of the tragic accidents, which can happen anywhere.

Next time, when you visit Lions Park, if you want that perfect pictures, don't forget to bring your GoPro, which can be easily mounted outside from your car on the front windscreen.

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