1. As a rite of passage to manhood, he killed a lion. 2. In both stories the father lion is killed and the son is sent into exile and later returns to recapture the throne. 3. In another, three tiers of sequential images show the king killing lions released from cages and leaping toward him. 4. Rerente, like other Masai men, had killed a lion with his spear as part of his ritual transition into adulthood. 5. The most terribly beautiful stone panels represent the king killing lions, which symbolized the wild forces of nature the Assyrian ruler was duty-bound to subdue. 6. They also say opening up hunting after a ban of more than two decades would not protect the public because too few lions would be killed. 7. Those with mountain lion permits now can kill one lion a year. 8. Threatening lions can be killed under special permit by the Fish and Game Department. 9. Under law, a rancher may obtain a permit to kill a lion that is attacking his livestock. 10. A team led by Kruger Park veterinarian Dr. Douw Grobler tracked down the pride and killed the lions. |