{"id":29994,"date":"2015-07-30T18:59:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T22:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=29994"},"modified":"2015-07-30T19:02:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T23:02:05","slug":"throwback-thursday-the-right-way-to-shoot-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/throwback-thursday-the-right-way-to-shoot-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: The Right Way to Shoot Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to shoot a lion, shoot him with your camera. That’s what I did when I visited South Africa’s Thornybush Game Lodge <\/a>in 2013. Look at this handsome fellow with the huge balls and silky mane!<\/p>\n

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This is a South African lion. It is NOT Cecil of Zimbabwe.<\/p><\/div>\n

This dude’s hair was so on fleek<\/a>. I mean, he was on fleek a full year before the term “on fleek” was popularized by Peaches Monroee<\/a>. This lion saw me looking at him, so he turned his head so I could get his good side. His lady friends couldn’t compete and didn’t even try.<\/p>\n

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“We do all the work around here, so we don’t have time to mess with our hair.”<\/p><\/div>\n

Also not trying was this lazy-ass leopard cub.<\/p>\n

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“Sooooo tired.”<\/p><\/div>\n

Our guides told us this young fellow was hanging out — literally — till his mom came back with something to eat.<\/p>\n

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\nWe saw all kinds of fantastic animals in South Africa: elephants …<\/p>\n

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… hippos …<\/p>\n

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… zebras …<\/p>\n

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… giraffes …<\/p>\n

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… antelope and warthogs …<\/p>\n

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… rhinos …<\/p>\n

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… buffalo …<\/p>\n

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and the extremely rare swimming monkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After seeing all these animals in their natural habitat, I said to MrB, “I can’t ever visit a zoo again.” (Except the Singapore Zoo because of the awesomely delinquent tapirs there<\/a>.) It definitely didn’t occur to me to shoot any one of these creatures with a bow and arrow or a bullet in order to hang its head in my living room. I do eat meat and wear leather, so it’s not like I can (a) complain about people hunting for food\/clothing or (b) marry Paul McCartney<\/a>.\u00a0 But killing an animal for the bragging rights and a stuffed head? C’mon, man! The American dentist who killed Zimbabwe’s Cecil the lion<\/a> is going to be regretting this for the rest of his life, I hope.<\/p>\n

For my Maneater ring series, I’ve created designs that show an animal standing triumphant over its human counterpart. One of the rings is the Lion and the Hunter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Click to see on my website.<\/p><\/div>\n

Maybe I need to redo the face of the hunter (hidden inside the ring) to look like lion-killer Walter Palmer. SMH. The crazy thing is that when I created this piece in 2013, I thought lion hunting was a thing of the past — a hobby for Teddy Roosevelt<\/a>, not for random guys from Minnesota. Little did I know. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you want to shoot a lion, shoot him with your camera. That’s what I did when I visited South Africa’s Thornybush Game Lodge in 2013. Look at this handsome fellow with the huge balls and silky mane! This dude’s hair was so on fleek. I mean, he was on fleek a full year before…<\/p>\n

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