woman with lion from jungle of colombia

mcheasley says on Jun 4, 2008, 09:58:

Incredible for sure.. awesome!

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billyb says on Jun 4, 2008, 10:06:

Awsome, that was at the Cali zoo BTW.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 4, 2008, 10:14:

Now...where was this jungle this woman found that lion cub? In Colombia? Do lions actually live in jungles? In Colombian jungles? This is a fake.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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Robert Jorge says on Jun 4, 2008, 10:17:

Desi, you beat me to it. African lions do not live in the jungles of Colombia. A puma or jaguar, sure. But a lion - nope. An African lion is as indiginous to South America as a Kangaroo.

BEWARE of gold diggers.

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Robert Jorge says on Jun 4, 2008, 10:19:

1. Jaguar (technically the only big cat)
2. Puma (though this occurs in a variety of other habitats)
3. Jaguarundi
4. Ocelot
5. Margay
6. Oncilla

I stole this list from a 30 second Google search of wild cats in Colombia.

BEWARE of gold diggers.

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gorgonabob says on Jun 4, 2008, 10:24:

Definitely no lions in this continent.. but could have easily been an illegal animal somone had and them maybe got rid of or perhaps it got away from a private zoo.. i recall hearing about this a few months ago on reuters or yahoo

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jun 4, 2008, 10:27:

This link worked better for me: http://www.telestereo.com/Archivos/video.swf

Poor but snappy

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Bill Turley says on Jun 4, 2008, 10:33:

My Little baby,Wrinkles, is called El Leon del Gringo in the area.

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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Lisa Zee says on Jun 4, 2008, 10:38:

Desi I was thinking the same, But she is in Cali!, so I wonder what is the story.

Desi "El Club De Leones" jajajaja! One of my uncles belong to it, jajaja.

Yeah gorgonabob, it has to be from a zoo, it just sound better " the Colombian Jungles"

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 4, 2008, 11:05:

uhmm maybe it was lion that was already at the zoo

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jonas says on Jun 4, 2008, 11:07:

http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/lion-at-the-cali-zoo/

Simon Presidente!

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 4, 2008, 11:18:

Wow! That is very sweet. However, it seems like the lion habitat setup they have is an invitation to disaster. I hope they don't allow the general public to get that close to the fence. Some careless person could easily get swiped by an angry lion.

Also, I wonder if this lion didn't get loose from some narco's private zoo.

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Simon says on Jun 4, 2008, 11:43:

Anyone seen my lion?

"Tu vas a ver, llegaras a mi edad y veras que Colombia seguira igual"-----Simon Sr.

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b bruce says on Jun 4, 2008, 11:50:

Years ago when I was living in Key West (1992), We had a stranding of some pilot whales. I was working at the Reach Resort at the time on the Atlantic side. The majority of the whales were stranded on the Gulf side. We had one on the beach at the Reach Resort. She was approximately fourteen foot long and eleven hundred pounds. To make a long story short. I ended up spending the entire night in the water with her. She kept listing over which would submerge her blow hole. I also had to make sure she stayed in deep enough water where she would not sufficate from her own weight. Thank god for the Dolphin Research Center in the Keys. They assited the Navy and Coast Guard with the whales stranded on the Gulf side, then came to help me. Ryder Truck Rentals donated a truck, Key West Crane donated a Crane and the U.S. Navy donated a large sling to get her ( who we named Bonnie) out of the water. We managed to get her out of the water safely and into the truck, keeping her soaked down as they moved her up to the Dolphin Research Center. Weeks later the research center telephoned me to say someone wanted to see me. I drove up to the Dolphin Research Center the next day. There she was moving about in a large holding area. Wow, this wasn't the listless whale I had spent the night in the water with. This was a large pilot whale swimming about. With the assistance of one of the researchers, I moved close to the holding tank. Bonnie swam by and looked right at me. I remembered that look, I spent the entire night in the water with her looking in that eye as I spoke to her to get her through the night. When I finally slipped into the water this amazing creature gracefully moved up sliding up against me leaning on me. The researchers said it was her way of giving me a hug. I looked in that eye and knew she remembered me. It was an amazing experience. These creatures do not forget! Of the whales that were stranded that day and night only few survived. The pod on the Gulf side of the island were a typical follow the leader stranding. In Bonnies case, she was having problems with a pregnancy. Once she delivered a still born pup she bounced back. Bonnie buddied up with another one of the stranded pilot whales that survived named Baby Schwarzkolf. They were tagged so they could monitor their progress and returned to the ocean soon after. I do not have a video of the experience, but some very good photo's. I am on the beach or the ocean each and everyday here in South Florida. I can't help but to look out at the ocean and wonder how she is doing today!

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 4, 2008, 12:17:

According to the story she found this sick, malnourished lion cub in the jungle.....what a phony story! And that is not the zoo in Cali.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 4, 2008, 12:33:

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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NataliaV says on Jun 4, 2008, 12:52:

This is the same story from a while back. It was all over the news. She rescued it from a circus and it was badly malnourished. She has an animal shelter in Cali.
From the Orlando paper...

Torres runs the Villa Lorena animal shelter in Cali, Colombia, where she fed and nursed Jupiter the African lion back to health years ago after it was found abused and emaciated in a traveling circus. "It is amazing to see an animal like that be so sweet and affectionate," said Torres. "This hug is the most sincere one that I have received in my life." Torres, 47, said her work rehabilitating animals began more than a decade ago when a friend gave her an owl that had been kept as a pet. Later, when she asked her students to bring their pets to school, she realized many families illegally kept wild fauna from Colombia's biologically diverse jungles in their homes. The number of animals under her care grew, and now Jupiter is among 800 recovering creatures at Villa Lorena, where Torres looks after, among others, burned peacocks, limbless flamengos, blind monkeys and mutilated elephants. Most of the animals are caged, though some, like iguanas, roam freely around the grounds of the shelter, which are enclosed by a 13-foot wall. Torres said she relies on donations and her modest teacher's salary to run the shelter. "We dedicate our lives to the care of these animals without one single peso from the state," Torres said.

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Mononoke28 says on Jun 4, 2008, 12:57:

You beat me to it Natalia. She didn't find the lion in the jungle, she rescued it form a circus. I do like the pic above... that's the life I deserve!

Diana

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Simon says on Jun 4, 2008, 12:58:

I even saw this lady with her lion on the O'Reilly Factor.

"Tu vas a ver, llegaras a mi edad y veras que Colombia seguira igual"-----Simon Sr.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 4, 2008, 13:01:

That's the lion habitat at Cali Zoo.

Now the story started to make sense, thanks Natalia.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 4, 2008, 13:23:

Simon,

Que decepción. No puedo creer que veas esa basura.

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Simon says on Jun 4, 2008, 13:27:

CB,

Hold on, I watch it to see what the other side is saying.

"Tu vas a ver, llegaras a mi edad y veras que Colombia seguira igual"-----Simon Sr.

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jonas says on Jun 4, 2008, 13:29:

same reason as for why you live in the US?

Simon Presidente!

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Simon says on Jun 4, 2008, 13:30:

"same reason as for why you live in the US?"

Nah, that's just to take their money.

"Tu vas a ver, llegaras a mi edad y veras que Colombia seguira igual"-----Simon Sr.

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lampltr says on Jun 4, 2008, 15:34:

Way to go Natilia....I know in Panama (Howard location), there was a family of (from what I was told) white bangle tigers **No I am not BS'ing**. I asked as I was watching friends play golf when 3 or 4 cubs ran through a small clearing followed by the large mother. Thought I was seeing things, and my friends thought I was drunk but my story was collaborated by the military police officer in charge of base security. Do not know if they are still alive or not. I would imagine as there is basically nothing there in that area east of the base parameter.
Good story BB

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dwmte7 says on Jun 6, 2008, 07:02:

i was waiting in the transit lounge to board a flight back to los angeles--from bogota--and i struck up a conversation with a young italian man waiting for his flight back to rome.

while standing there chatting, i noticed his large trench coat start to move around, kind of shaking and wiggling. surprised, i asked him, what's all that about? at that point, he puts his hand down in the pocket and pulls our a baby jaguar kitten, about a foot long +his tail. what, i exclaimed, 'how you gonna get that past customs?'....remember, he said, we're already past customs, just waiting to board our flight. when i get home--rome--it will have to spend a month in quarantine, then he comes home.

dwmte

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adrimm says on Jun 6, 2008, 07:42:

That's it??! Once it is past customs there is no turning back? I'm disgusted & apalled.

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dwmte7 says on Jun 8, 2008, 08:54:

yeah, that's one less jaugar to slaughter and make into cariels. back when i first went to colombia in 89, those were hugely popular. jaguar lined and covered antioquia men's bags, or cariels (sp) also estribo... pity.

dwmte

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