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"Lion Whisperer"
A. Kevin Richardson and his two white lions in a cage in a private park Broderstrume, South Africa. (AP Photo / Denis Farrell)
Two. Kevin Richardson sprinkles his lions with water. (AP Photo / Denis Farrell)
Three. Kevin Richardson plays with a lioness. "I just do not understand how people can shoot at the lions in a confined space where he can not escape," - says "caster lions." (AP Photo / Denis Farrell)
4. Kevin demonstrates the length of the lion's tongue. (AP Photo / Denis Farrell)
Five. Kevin Richardson embraces a lioness. Each year in South Africa is grown lions in captivity and then released into the indoor enclosure where hunters can pursue them. This is not a sport, it's murder. (AP Photo / Denis Farrell)
6. The film "White Lion" of a rare white lion, who as a child because of the color was expelled from the pride. He nearly died of starvation, but then he met on the way an adult lion, who taught him the laws of the wild life. Tells the story of actor John Kani. (AP)
7. Hunting animals for trophies - the big business in South Africa, which brings more than 90 million dollars a year. Foreign tourists are willing to pay for the pleasure of shooting lion cornered up to 40,000 dollars. (AP)
Eight. The Government supports this "hunt" and calls it "a constant recycling of natural sources." Only in September 2007, 16,394 hunters, more than half of whom are from the United States, killing more than 46,000 animals in South Africa. (AP)
9. Almost all the lions, which are hunting in South Africa, are displayed in captivity. The producer of the new film, Kevin Richardson, the first "friends" with white lions 12 years ago - he had tamed two cubs half-year, when he himself was 23 years old. He began to while away the hours in a rehabilitation center to spend more time with his new friends. Soon, the park owner Rodney Fuhr offered him a temporary job, which eventually became permanent. (AP)
10. Today, Richardson cares for 39 lions in an area of ​​800 hectares. The park is located one and a half hours drive from Johannesburg, where he filmed. (AP)
11. Lions - nocturnal animals, and most of the day sleeping, so that the filming took place at two o'clock in the morning and two more - the day, unless, of course, the "stars" allowed. (AP)
12. Richardson breaks all the rules of conduct when dealing with the lions. Once it appears, the lions greet him murchaniem. Kevin likes to scratch his belly. And they love to lick his hands, his rough tongue. (AP)
13. His lions attacked Richardson twice, once during the filming of a lion named Thor "nailed" him to the cage, leading to the horror of the whole set. "Lions for 99% calm and just 1% are fatal," - says Richardson. (AP) |
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