Sad news that conservationist West Mathewson has been killed by 2 of the white lions he raised as cubs (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/28/south-african-conservationist-killed-by-lions-he-reared). He was on one of his regular walks with the animals, when one suddenly attacked him 'without warning'. Mathewson ran the Lion Tree Top Lodge in the Limpopo region of South Africa and specialised in 'rescuing' lions destined for 'canning' (effectively, illegally bred to be hunted for money). His family clearly recognise that lions (no matter how much you have interacted with them) are big cat predators and not 'pets'. They reportedly intend to release the 2 animals into a 'safe' area.
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