Category Archives: Lions

In the lap of the gods

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The king could hear her above his roar A sound that he dare not ignore Tuned into “bast” he made his way To the coastal cliff where he would stay The water lapping at his feet The sun above providing … Continue reading →

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Sasha’s new life

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Rex Tyler

A wild heart full of spirit Found being behind bars Under lock and key all day Life’s enduring scars A Guatamalan Circus Slavery to boot Deprivation ordered Bondage an offshoot A decade of existence Coercion to exclude Every breath of … Continue reading →

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Wild animal poaching

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The dishonesty is out there At high level Unconscientiousnesss rampant As we know Its about the opportunism And the shabby venality The aiding and abetting That does grow Everybodys at it When there money to be had All sorts of … Continue reading →

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“Marjan” the last lion

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Rex Tyler

A precious stone they called him A gift from Cologne Zoo To Kabul Zoo on Kabul river When he was just two That was in 1976 It was a thriving place But was dangerous and very threatening And wars moved … Continue reading →

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The mindset of a killer

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Rex Tyler

There was a time when farmers In South Africa grew fruit And then they heard about LION BONES And money is at the root Of all the scandalous pastimes And the TCM route felt Doable and many of them Like … Continue reading →

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A perfect LION

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The enactment the execution A solution maybe so A transaction a redaction Was it a way to go Africa a lion sleeps Content possibly so Fulfilment was the goal today To undertake and grow He pulls his trigger three times … Continue reading →

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Zoos who murder animals

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Rex Tyler

ZOo’s who kill their animals For me will never be Anything to do with kindness And most I hope agree The innocence the purity of heart Their state of grace Rewarded by the zoo Where they were born What a … Continue reading →

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Wild Lion v captivity

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Rex Tyler

An awareness born of consciousness A philosophy of being In the now of reasoning And perception and all seeing Vitalism verging on an meditative desire To pit ones wits And be wrapped in thought With ones hunting heart of fire … Continue reading →

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The lions and the Buffalo

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Botswana’s Okavango Delta The Drama and the prayer A pride of Lions so hungry And a Buffalo Bull was there 900 massive kilos Of muscle through and through Standing in the swamp alone What were they planning to do? He … Continue reading →

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Zoo animals in China

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The Zoo Is a place Where the public do go Pay to go in Its like a big show The stock are live animals In cages and pens With no where to go And this kind of lends Itself to … Continue reading →

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Lakeshore drama’s in Africa today

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Rex Tyler

This epic is played out Everyday Between the land and the lake Providing so much excitement More than some can take The Lions are clearly Up there leading actors they Have to take on crocodiles Who in the water lay … Continue reading →

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Africa’s problem with Lions and human encroachment

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Space a specific area A true locality A vastness where wild animals Have lived and have felt free But now we see true conflict With human beings who Also use the precious land And want to live there too Agricultural … Continue reading →

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Names

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Aggression giving animals names To me is totally wrong Diablo renamed spirit Rambo all along The patriarchal emphasis Creates impressions and we The grand old public sentiment Go along with them and be Really part and parcel a predictive Attitude … Continue reading →

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Xanda

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The son of Cecil meets the most untimely death As well Shot outside the Hwange National Park Zimbabwe hell Descended on this handsome soul On the seventh of July An ulcerstive vileness That somehow did apply These fucking trophy hunters … Continue reading →

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Hunter man

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The philosophy of existence Where Every species has its place Enduring and perpetual Surviving in the face Of genuine creation Attested and fulfilled Essental and purposeful In essence all instilled With feelings and with spirit With a tendency to be … Continue reading →

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The LIONS

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Rex Tyler

What is not to love About the iconic king and queen indeed AFrica’s amazing souls That really must succeed Africa needs its wonderful Lions And its Lions need Africa They are the very fabric The truest ever star The success … Continue reading →

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11 elderly animals murdered in a refuge in Colorado

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Rex Tyler

What is so sad about just what has happened Is the previous owner who established this place Would have died rather than killed his precious old animals He made himself ill and lost his precious base When he sold it … Continue reading →

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A mother and her son

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Rex Tyler

In this day and age In a year of such adversity abroad To witness true existence for our eyes Is a reward Reality has proven the maternal spirit shows In a climate where devotion For one’s offspring clearly grows It … Continue reading →

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Sabi Sands lions

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The Sabi sand game reserve Privately owned Has today got a problem With Lions that have roamed Across the reserve In the heat of the day Under drought conditions And have started to pay A price for such stress Has … Continue reading →

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CECIL

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Rex Tyler

According to Brent Staplekamp The saga carries on The liars and the criminals They had quickly gone Were got out of the country So they wouldn’t face the wrath Whilst Cecil had died in agony And his final path Took … Continue reading →

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EMOYA our African dream

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We originally came from Africa And were shipped across the sea To Peru yes and to Colombia To circus totally Immersed in all that squalor Beaten black and blue Whipped and beaten with iron bars And all of us were … Continue reading →

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CITES

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

CErtainly Ignorantly Test the Evil shits The trade in Lions continues And trophy hunting fits Clearly on the table Where the hunters do their thing The international trade in Lions Has that peculiar ring About it but we understand Bones … Continue reading →

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Disease is the karma

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Rex Tyler

DIsease is a karmic debt Under the sun Given to man for he has begun To rupture the life force And stolidly stack A theorem completely And it’s then when the flack Hits home Creating a disease state And will … Continue reading →

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Captive Lions

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Rex Tyler

WE have to feel sorry for all captive Lions Caught in the arrogance trap Really it’s worse than the cancer we know of The absurdity of it does slap A kind of euphoria onto the players Whereas Those that once … Continue reading →

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“Bones”

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Rex Tyler

There was a time not long ago When a King reigned and was seen But now it’s an absurdity And some might say obscene To imagine my iconic stature Taken now to be Purely a pain in someone’s arse A … Continue reading →

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Walter Slippers canned hunting camps

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Rex Tyler

It is frightening and horrific It’s everything that’s wrong The so called Walter Slippers He does not belong Anywhere near animals He tortures them and so He farms them can you believe that And the numbers grow Lions and wild … Continue reading →

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Canned hunts and photo shoots

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Ramping up the drama That is what they do Shooting lions all raised in cages How many think that’s true It isn’t Stalking it isn’t hunting its just a criminal act 8/10 lions in a week How should we react … Continue reading →

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Fated and weighted

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Who are we to decide the fate Of any soul commensurate With feeling emotions The subtle worth Of what plays out on Mother Earth Films are there to basically Make money for a company Investment comes it seems to me … Continue reading →

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Banda and Tao two brothers

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We come upon two brothers 2 years old they be The Okavango delta In wild Botswana we Realise the Okavango river It is where A great tectonic plate appears In a basis they all share In the Endoheic basin Of … Continue reading →

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The vanishing Lions have all but vanished

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Rex Tyler

My love affair with lions Has taken quite a hit this week The three online musketeers Slaughtered in a pique Of frustration over predation Poisoned and burned I heard So as to remove the evidence Of the crime that had … Continue reading →

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