A family that owns a private lion park is inconsolable over the deaths of four lions that were poisoned on Tuesday night.
“My wife and I raised them and loved them wholeheartedly. They were our children. In fact, we had them way before we had our child who is three years old. This is painful, I don’t know what I’m feeling, whether I’m angry or heartbroken.
“When my wife met me I was already raising one of them. Our son has become attached to them, I don’t know how to explain where his friends are. It's tough,” Pio said. He said the lions were friendly and known in the community. “They were a part of us. What a wonderful thing that I could wake up and rub and touch them. Now they are no more. It’s a different feel when you raise lions. It’s not like dogs or cats, it’s just different. It takes time, a lot of love, trust and loyalty.”Pio said though they were not found butchered, “it's still painful”.
“We literally hired human security guards for them. They were not here to scare or intimidate anyone. Why would someone kill them just like that? I don’t understand,” he said. He said the police and conservation officials did not immediately have a lead on who committed the crime.
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