{"id":22310,"date":"2015-07-29T16:46:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T16:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=22310"},"modified":"2015-07-29T16:46:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T16:46:58","slug":"all-lions-deserve-bette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/all-lions-deserve-bette\/","title":{"rendered":"All lions deserve better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A National Park offers freedom<br \/>\nFree born free bred and heart whole<br \/>\nThis was special Lion 13 years old<br \/>\nA wonderful spirit and soul<br \/>\nA master of all his surroundings<br \/>\nThe king of his jungle was he<br \/>\nUntrammelled unshackled uncurbed<br \/>\nAnd unhindered all these years<br \/>\nHe had been free<\/p>\n<p>Then we hear some sodding dentist<br \/>\nCharging exorbitant rates<br \/>\nSupposedly from Bloomington<br \/>\nSomewhere in the States<br \/>\nCame over to Zimbabwe<br \/>\nto have himself some fun<br \/>\nTo try to kill a nice fat<br \/>\nLion out there in the sun<\/p>\n<p>But decided on a night trip<br \/>\nAround the National Park<br \/>\nWhere he lured a greAt old majestic lion<br \/>\nIt was easier in the dark<br \/>\nStrapped some young dead animal<br \/>\nOn his vehicle and<br \/>\nScented the land around it<br \/>\nIf you do not understand<br \/>\nThe park is indeed a sanctuary<br \/>\nBut luring it outside<br \/>\nHe shot it with his crossbow<br \/>\nBut alas it never died<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he was a lousy shot<br \/>\nBut anyway it mean&#8217;t<br \/>\nThey would have to stalk it<br \/>\nBefore it was heaven sent<br \/>\nWith a cross bow bolt<br \/>\nStuck in its back<br \/>\nThe lion went off to try<br \/>\nAnd get away<br \/>\nfrom these bastards<br \/>\nIn agony no lie<\/p>\n<p>Allegedly 40 sodding hours<br \/>\nBut these so called hunters would<br \/>\nHave had to sleep<br \/>\nso i do not get their story<br \/>\nIn fact it makes me weep<br \/>\nThis poor Lion proud and handsome<br \/>\nSet to try to run<br \/>\nInjured by a crossbow bolt<br \/>\nKnowing his day was done<\/p>\n<p>Thats when he was found and shot<br \/>\nThis time with a gun<br \/>\nThen they cut his face off<br \/>\nHe could No longer run<br \/>\nThen they stripped him of his skin<br \/>\nAnd disembowelled him too<br \/>\nThis lack of complete respect<br \/>\nAnd we all know what to do<br \/>\nCall upon the great Sekhmet<br \/>\nThe Lioness headed one<br \/>\nA goddess of such wisdom<br \/>\nWho was having none<br \/>\nOf all this vile poltroonery<br \/>\nThis unheroic hate<br \/>\nThe bitterness and bad blood here<br \/>\nThis was never fate<\/p>\n<p>She would soon be after him<br \/>\nThis devil in disguise<br \/>\nWho clearly was no angel<br \/>\nWhich wasn&#8217;t a surprise<br \/>\nA complete abomination<br \/>\nA loathing i must add<br \/>\nHe killed the most famous Lion<br \/>\nAround<br \/>\nAnd so many now are sad<\/p>\n<p>What a loveless attitude<br \/>\nWhat a vindictive act<br \/>\nTo use a bloody crossbow<br \/>\nHow would we react<br \/>\nAnd not even kill the beast<br \/>\nInjure it and chase<br \/>\nStalk it in its agony<br \/>\nOf course it a disgrace<\/p>\n<p>And the dentist well my belief<br \/>\nIs he better top himself<br \/>\nHis business days are gone<br \/>\nWho would have him take their teeth out<br \/>\nWho would sit upon<br \/>\nHis bloody chair and smell his hands<br \/>\nA murderer who kills<br \/>\nThe most famous Lion in Zimbabwe<br \/>\nIt just gives me the chills<\/p>\n<p>40 hours what hunters are they supposed to be<br \/>\nThey cant keep up with an injured Lion<br \/>\nIts depravity<br \/>\nWhat a worthless bunch of arses<br \/>\nThis hunting party were<br \/>\nAnd this poor Lion was suffering<br \/>\nI am sure we all concur<\/p>\n<p>Cecil was so enchanting a pedigree of sort<br \/>\nAs handsome as a Lion can be<br \/>\nAnd worthy of much thought<br \/>\nBut these arses for hunters<br \/>\nWhen they caught him well they shot<br \/>\nThen they cut his face away<br \/>\nAnd his skin too, they were not<br \/>\nHappy he wore a collar<br \/>\nMeaning a unique lion perhaps<br \/>\nAnd so they disembowelled him<br \/>\nTo keep his identity under wraps<\/p>\n<p>They were entirely callous<br \/>\nTheir hearts had all but dried<br \/>\nTheir souls had fucking withered too<br \/>\nNobody denied<br \/>\nHow Ruthless and unmerciful<br \/>\nA disgrace to human kind<br \/>\nThey tortured that poor animal<br \/>\nJust leaving behind<br \/>\nA broken battered body<br \/>\nIts guts torn out and left<br \/>\nFor the vultures to come and gobble it up<br \/>\nTragically bereft<\/p>\n<p>Of all decency and true respect<br \/>\nFor a regent such as he<br \/>\nHe was special he was amazing<br \/>\nHe was nobility<br \/>\nHe had so much veneration<br \/>\nHe truly was adored<br \/>\nJust looking at whats left behind<br \/>\nIt really had me<br \/>\nMe floored<\/p>\n<p>America must send him back<br \/>\nTo face the rule of Law<br \/>\nLet him be tried by the courts<br \/>\nLet no man ignore<br \/>\nThe violent rotten POS<br \/>\nWho rapidly caught his flight<br \/>\nAnd left the country to mourn the loss<br \/>\nOf Cecil which cant be right<\/p>\n<p>Hunters trophy hunters<br \/>\nAre an insult and they should<br \/>\nAlong with those canned hunters<br \/>\nWho only think they are good<br \/>\nI regret they ever were given life<br \/>\nAnd They have no remorse<br \/>\nJust unrepeatable evil<br \/>\nFrom their very source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A National Park offers freedom Free born free bred and heart whole This was special Lion 13 years old A wonderful spirit and soul A master of all his surroundings The king of his jungle was he Untrammelled unshackled uncurbed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/all-lions-deserve-bette\/\">Continue reading <span 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