To the right is a photograph taken of a cheetah who have been living together after they were abandoned by their mother when they were about 18 months old. The pictures were taken in October 2010 at Kenya's Masai Mara by Michel Denis-Huot, a French naturalist and photographer.
On the morning the photo was taken, the cheetahs who were walking and occasionally stopping to play together, appear neither hungry nor were they hunting for some prey for food. At one point, they encountered a group of impala, who scampered away. But one member of the impala herd, who was not quick enough, was easily cornered by the cheetahs.
Denis-Huot captured the amazing and extraordinary scenes which followed in his camera.
After "petting" the impala, the cheetahs just walked away without hurting the impala!
The above photograph present a very important lesson which humans, especially hunters, ought to learn.
Wild animals kill out of necessity only. Unlike humans, especially westerners, who find joy in killing animals for "fun and pleasure", wild animals [such as big cats --- e.g., cheetahs, leopards, lions, tigers, etc.] kill a prey only when they are hungry.
Moreover, the prey is often the weakest, the sickliest, and/or the oldest animal in the herd. This is one of Nature's ways of keeping wild animal population in check---i.e., allowing member(s) of the herd, who can do the least good for the group, to die.
Unfortunately, humans, [especially in Western society], tend to coddle and guard the rights of those who contribute and do the least for the common good---i.e., the social parasites, the social misfits, the naturally mentally and/or physically disabled, and the social liabilities such as criminals---serial killers/murderers, thieves, scam artists, et al, while often disregarding the rights of innocent victims. Also, Westerners take pleasure and even legitimize and give license to wantonly kill just for "fun and pleasure"---i.e., hunting permit for game hunters.
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On the morning the photo was taken, the cheetahs who were walking and occasionally stopping to play together, appear neither hungry nor were they hunting for some prey for food. At one point, they encountered a group of impala, who scampered away. But one member of the impala herd, who was not quick enough, was easily cornered by the cheetahs.
Denis-Huot captured the amazing and extraordinary scenes which followed in his camera.
After "petting" the impala, the cheetahs just walked away without hurting the impala!
The above photograph present a very important lesson which humans, especially hunters, ought to learn.
Wild animals kill out of necessity only. Unlike humans, especially westerners, who find joy in killing animals for "fun and pleasure", wild animals [such as big cats --- e.g., cheetahs, leopards, lions, tigers, etc.] kill a prey only when they are hungry.
Moreover, the prey is often the weakest, the sickliest, and/or the oldest animal in the herd. This is one of Nature's ways of keeping wild animal population in check---i.e., allowing member(s) of the herd, who can do the least good for the group, to die.
Unfortunately, humans, [especially in Western society], tend to coddle and guard the rights of those who contribute and do the least for the common good---i.e., the social parasites, the social misfits, the naturally mentally and/or physically disabled, and the social liabilities such as criminals---serial killers/murderers, thieves, scam artists, et al, while often disregarding the rights of innocent victims. Also, Westerners take pleasure and even legitimize and give license to wantonly kill just for "fun and pleasure"---i.e., hunting permit for game hunters.
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