Positive News
Taking care of any animals is hard work, obviously, and lions are no different. There are all the normal concerns for their health as well as their happiness. This lion, Siam, had been having some medical problems. He’d been losing weight and been somewhat lethargic. So, the vets did some routine tests to check what was wrong and helped him get better. Here, we can see him after he improved and is back to normal with healthy blood test results. Not to mention, he went back to eating normally and being his happy self.
Positive News
Misunderstood
Like he’s stated before, Kevin speaks a lot about building trust between him and the big cats and how long it takes. “A 9-year relationship with Kahn enables me to have a safe friendship. Relationships are forever evolving and either you grow together or apart. Fortunately, we have grown together. Leopards are amazing animals and often misunderstood. I’m often part of nostalgic conversations where people retell stories about their experiences with leopards and their behavior, having had no experience with them other than a fleeting encounter in the bush. I bite my tongue. I’ve found, in over 2 decades of working with large carnivores, that a lot of what perpetuates our there about leopards is myth rather than fact and it’s human nature to embellish encounters with them, sometimes to their detriment. Unfortunately throughout Africa leopards are being constantly persecuted due to the fact that farmers see them as problem animals who kill their livestock.”
Misunderstood
