I agree they stand little chance against humans and our wepons. I was referring to the endless comments that compared lions to house cats "only bigger". That whole story blew up because the lion was being viewed as a companion, a pet, or an equal. In reality they are beautiful creatures no doubt, but far from a pet and even further from an equal (which is the image given in this post).
Absolutely.
I guess all the 'just a big pussycat' stuff was to get people to sympathize more.... which is idiotic, considering that lions, as ana endangered species, deserve sympathy and help, regardless of their similarities to our pets or their cuteness. There's all kinds of weird, ugly animal species that are on the brink of extinction and they deserve to be preserved, too, despite the fat that they don't render pretty, cute pictures in nature magazines. Still, it's in human nature to lean towards the cute, cuddly things, hence the comparisons to house cats, I assume.
I guess all the 'just a big pussycat' stuff was to get people to sympathize more.... which is idiotic, considering that lions, as ana endangered species, deserve sympathy and help, regardless of their similarities to our pets or their cuteness. There's all kinds of weird, ugly animal species that are on the brink of extinction and they deserve to be preserved, too, despite the fat that they don't render pretty, cute pictures in nature magazines. Still, it's in human nature to lean towards the cute, cuddly things, hence the comparisons to house cats, I assume.