Attack Of The Man Eaters Essay

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In “Attack of the Man-Eaters” and “Meet the Lion Whisperer” the author says that there is a tragedy or sad fate for the lions. In “Attack of the Man-Eaters” the author says it is a tragedy because, the lions of Tsavo were struggling to survive do to a variety of problems. In “Meet the Lion Whisperer” the authors say it is a sad fate because, the lions that outgrow the petting farm, will be sold, hunted, or held in captivity. These two examples show why the authors would say there is a tragedy or sad fate for the lions. In “Attack of the Man-Eaters” the lions are in a tragedy because they are struggling to survive. The lions needed to eat to stay alive. In the text it states, “They were naturally aggressive animals with a variety of problems-injuries, drought, and a shortage of prey (19).” In Tsavo during this time there was a drought, which caused a lot of animals to move out, causing a shortage in the amount of prey for the lions. One lion was also suffering from a mouth injury which made it hard for it to eat larger animals. In the lions struggle to survive they were killed by their own prey. …show more content…

The text states, “Some end up in zoos and circuses; others are sent to Asia, where their bones are used in folk medicine (21).” It also states, “The rest end up as trophies in what are known as ‘canned hunts,’ in which lions are placed in fenced-in areas and sometimes sedated to make them easier targets (21).” The lions that are raised on these farms have difficult lives because they cannot be released into the wild, because they have been raised outside of the wild. That is why they are sold, hunted or held in circuses or

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