Comments on: The Dying Lions http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/ "That was the beginning of the century; this is its end. I have been thinking not only of the people who lived there once, but also of the generations of dogs accompanying them in their everyday bustle, and one night— I don't know where it came from— in a predawn sleep, that funny and tender phrase composed itself: a road-side dog." - Czeslaw Milosz, Borderlines. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:53:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Danni http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-1593 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:09:24 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-1593 Why on earth have they not been put down! If i was any of those lions i'd want to be put out of my misery! that is absolutely disgraceful! why is that not illegal?! why hasn't the governtment done something?! people are so cruel! Why on earth have they not been put down! If i was any of those lions i’d want to be put out of my misery! that is absolutely disgraceful! why is that not illegal?! why hasn’t the governtment done something?! people are so cruel!

]]> by: Kim http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-505 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 03:38:46 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-505 Reading this felt like spiritual psychosis. As I read, I became was so still that my brathing slowed down, the moment had no sound. I have never experienced such information, such story, in a way that literally stopped my world. The things I do not know can fill a universe. Thank you for this article. Kim Reading this felt like spiritual psychosis. As I read, I became was so still that my brathing slowed down, the moment had no sound.

I have never experienced such information, such story, in a way that literally stopped my world.

The things I do not know can fill a universe.

Thank you for this article.

Kim

]]> by: IndianPad http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-468 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:57:55 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-468 <strong>Lions getting a painful death in Chandigarh</strong> Lions getting a painful death in Chandigarh posted at IndianPad.com Lions getting a painful death in Chandigarh

Lions getting a painful death in Chandigarh posted at IndianPad.com

]]> by: Jay Sun http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-467 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:07:55 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-467 Absolutely appalling! The photo says it all…gaunt features…waiting to move on… Absolutely appalling!

The photo says it all…gaunt features…waiting to move on…

]]> by: Jay Sun http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-466 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:25:52 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-466 Absolutely appalling! The photo says it all…gaunt features…waiting to move on… Absolutely appalling!

The photo says it all…gaunt features…waiting to move on…

]]> by: Apu http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-464 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:23:47 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-464 This is a very sad story. But the linked article is misleading. The Asiatic Lion is a *subspecies* of the lion, as are African lions. So their offspring is not a "hybrid species", although it is a hybrid. *Any* animal breeding (whether pure or hybrid) must be done carefully and the offspring examined for defects. The terrible mistake here is not that an experiment took place, but that the offspring were allowed to continue to reproduce even after they were seen to be genetically flawed. Here is a better article on this: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1616628.ece On a somewhat related note, it's unfortunate that the Gujarat government, fearing loss of exclusive lion tourism, is refusing to release any Gir lions to be reintroduced into Madhya Pradesh forest (the Kuno project), which has long been delayed because of this. If an epidemic or environmental hazard strikes Gir today, the 300 lions could be wiped out in a flash, and that is the end of the entire subspecies. This is a very sad story. But the linked article is misleading.

The Asiatic Lion is a *subspecies* of the lion, as are African lions. So their offspring is not a “hybrid species”, although it is a hybrid.

*Any* animal breeding (whether pure or hybrid) must be done carefully and the offspring examined for defects. The terrible mistake here is not that an experiment took place, but that the offspring were allowed to continue to reproduce even after they were seen to be genetically flawed.

Here is a better article on this: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1616628.ece

On a somewhat related note, it’s unfortunate that the Gujarat government, fearing loss of exclusive lion tourism, is refusing to release any Gir lions to be reintroduced into Madhya Pradesh forest (the Kuno project), which has long been delayed because of this. If an epidemic or environmental hazard strikes Gir today, the 300 lions could be wiped out in a flash, and that is the end of the entire subspecies.

]]> by: km http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-463 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:38:09 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/19/the-dying-lions/#comment-463 This is just so awfully wrong. This is just so awfully wrong.

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