All during December, Gobbelina has been in heat, so Meatball and her have been offering visitors quite a show whenever anyone comes close to their camp. They have also started to be more active at night, and their roars can be heard all through the night, keeping more than one of us awake...
Luckily all our female carnivores receive implants which prevents them from getting pregnant, as by Namibian law it is prohibited to breed in captivity.
Our researchers Flo and Stu have started collecting lion feces from our lions to sell as deterrent for cheetahs on livestock farms. Volunteers help to collect the feces, and it is then used wherever it is necessary. In November, for example, we used it on our own farm to keep cheetahs off certain trees.
In December, our neighbor discovered a hyena had taken one of his cows, so he called us. Stu and Flo then took lion feces and strategically positioned it on certain points on his farm to keep hyenas and other predators away. So far, we have not heard of any news from him so it seems that our lions have indirectly helped this farmer to keep his livestock and ensure his business runs the way it should!
Clarence had an incident with his food not too long ago, when we were feeding intestines to the lions. When one of our staff members threw the intestine over the fence, it got stuck on the top of the fence in the electric wilre, and the long intestine fell into the camp. Just as if it was a giant spaghetti, Clarence tried to slurp it up, unfortunately getting short (and harmless) electric shocks from it. Luckily we managed to "free" the intestine and Clarence was able to fully enjoy his meal.
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