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AO: Understand how cultural practices vary but reflect similar purposes.

Universal theme: Animal Rights

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Over the weekend, 18-month-old Marius the giraffe was shot, cut up, and fed to the lions in front of visitors at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Following this act, thousands of people around the world were outraged, and the zoo stands by their decision to do this.

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Zoo keeper talk about how to feed lion

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Grisly fight to death revealed

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UPDATED: 6.52pm

A big-cat handler killed by a tiger at Whangarei's world famous Zion Wildlife Park did not see a need to lock the animal away while cleaning its enclosure, an inquest into the man's death has heard.

Martin Ferreira was with headkeeper Dalu MnCube at Zion when the latter was killed while they were cleaning out a tiger enclosure at the park in May 2009.

The inquest into the death of Clifford (Dalu) Mncube is being heard before Northland Coroner Brandt Shortland at Whangarei District Court this week.

Mr MnCube, a 26-year-old born in Zimbabwean, was employed at the park - home of TV's The Lionman series - when he was killed by a white male Bengal tiger Abu on May 27, 2009.

Today Mr Ferreira said in hindsight, a taser or something lighter should have been made available in the big cat enclosure.

He was aware that Zion had a safety manual in place in terms of securing big cats but said the practice ceased between February and May 2009, even after a man was injured and attacked by the tiger named Abu that killed Mr MnCube.

After the attack prior to Mr MnCube's death, Mr Ferreira said it was a norm to lock Abu away but it was not done on that fateful day. He asked Mr MnCube prior to entering the enclosure whether Abu had been locked away.

"He (Mr MnCube) answered me like I know what I am doing,'' ,Mr Ferreira said.

He said he took Mr MnCube's word for it.

Then park operator Patricia Busch, mother of Lionman Craig Busch, who made the park famous around the world through the TV series The Lionman, also gave evidence today.

Craig Busch and his mother Patricia were involved in a bitter dispute over ownership of the park at the time of Mr Mncube's death and the park has been taken over by new owners after going into liquidation last year.

She rejected accusations by Mr Ferreira that Zion staff were told not to go into animal enclosures when the park was being visited by MAF officials or not to admit being bitten by big cats.

A staff member who was attacked and injured by Abu about a month before Mr MnCube was killed had suggested the use of tasers but Mrs Busch said she did not know whether they could even be used in New Zealand.

She admitted discussing matters pertaining to risks with Mr MnCube but said she did not tell him not to enter Abu's enclosure without first locking Abu up.

Coroner Shortland said he would reserve his findings in the case.
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A big-cat handler has told a coroner how he tried to fight off a tiger with his fists and a stick before using a fire extinguisher as his colleague was being mauled to death at Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Park.

Handler Martin Ferreira described how he heard a male tiger named Abu crush the head of his colleague, Dalu MnCube, after the pair had entered its enclosure to clean it on May 27, 2009. He also revealed that Abu had attacked another man a month or so before the fatal attack.

Mr MnCube's death is being investigated by Northland Coroner Brandt Shortland this week, with Mr Ferreira the first to give evidence after the hearing started yesterday.

Mr Ferreira said he and Mr MnCube had that day given tourists a chance to interact with a young big cat, then went to clean the enclosure where male tiger Abu and a female, Rewa, were living.

He said as the pair entered, Mr MnCube said "Hello Abu" and when the tiger came out of its den it went towards Mr MnCube and grabbed him by the leg.

Mr Ferreira said Abu had been de-clawed, but it had got Mr MnCube by its mouth and was holding on.

"He said 'Mate help me' so I hit Abu in the head and nose with my fists. I was screaming Horror fight to death described

at Abu to let him go," he said.

Another staffer was showing the tourists around the park, so Mr Ferreira used a stick to try to get the tiger to release Mr MnCube, then used a fire extinguisher.

In the meantime the tiger continued to maul Mr MnCube.

"He [Dalu] again said 'Please help me, this is serious' and Abu was trying to drag him into his den ... He was dragging [Dalu] around and the other tiger started coming towards him as well.

"I yelled at her to move away and continued to hit Abu. Abu put him down, then dragged him by the shoulder, then Abu grabbed him by the head. Abu's whole mouth covered his head, his fangs were on his neck. While Abu had him by the head, he was biting down on it. I could hear Abu crushing his head."

Another staffer came with a cattle prod and eventually the tiger let go and walked off to sit by his pool, covered in Mr MnCube's blood.

Mr MnCube was put into the back of a ute and taken to the park's front gates, where an ambulance had arrived, but he could not be saved. Abu was then shot.

Mr Ferreira said Abu had attacked and injured another man at the park a month or so earlier. Mr MnCube had saved the man's life on that occasion. After that, Abu had not seemed as friendly.

Mr Ferreira, who came to New Zealand from South Africa, where he also worked in big-cat parks, said that with experience you got to tell when a big cat was happy or not.

He said he and other staff were told by the park's operator at the time, Patricia Busch, that they should not be seen cleaning the animal's enclosure when the park was being visited by MAF officials.

Mr Ferreira said that in the days before the tragedy, Lionman Craig Busch, who was in a dispute with his mother Patricia over control of the park, had threatened to expose Mr MnCube to Immigration, claiming the handler should not be in the country.

Mr Ferreira said this seemed to unsettle Mr MnCube and the park's staff were later told Dalu could be deported.

The inquest is set to last until Thursday at least.

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Grisly fight to death revealed - NZ Herald

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UPDATED: 6.52pm A big-cat handler killed by a tiger at Whangarei's world famous Zion Wildlife Park did not see a need to lock the animal away while cleaning...

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The Pros and Cons of Zoos

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Children's activities to accompany Aesop's fables: The Lion and the Mouse

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Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions

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In the Maasai community where Richard Turere lives with his family, cattle are all-important. But lion attacks were growing more frequent. In this short, inspiring talk, the young inventor shares the solar-powered solution he designed to safely scare the lions away.

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Chile zoo turns tables on visitors and puts them in cage

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A zoo in Chile has turned the tables on its visitors, caging them as they enter a 2-hectare parc where the lions roam free and get to look at humans from up close. Duration: 01:09

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KOTUA MAI, KOTUA ATU - Respect Received demands Respect Returned 

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KOTUA MAI, KOTUA ATU - Respect Received demands Respect Returned 

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Tu Rangatiratanga - Responsible Leaders & Role Model

Manaakitanga - Being Responsive

responsive

rɪˈspɒnsɪv/

adjective

adjective: responsive

1. 1.

2. reacting quickly and positively.

1. "a flexible service that is responsive to changing social patterns"

2. synonyms: | quick to react, reactive, receptive, open to suggestions, amenable, flexible, accessible, approachable, forthcoming, sensitive, perceptive, sympathetic, well disposed, susceptible, impressionable, open, alive, awake, aware"the industry must become more responsive to consumer needs"

3. antonyms: | apathetic, insensitive

responding readily and with interest.

"our most enthusiastic and responsive students"

denoting or relating to a website whose page design changes automatically according to the size of the screen on which it is viewed.

"a responsive site that would work on PCs and tablets equally well"

2. 2.

3. in response; answering.

1. "I'm distracted by a nibble on my line: I jig it several times, but there is no responsive tug"

(of a section of liturgy) using responses.

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Investigate the purpose of objects and images from past and present cultures and identify the contexts in which they were or are made, viewed, and valued.

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Tigons - some myths

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COMMENTS WERE DISABLED DUE TO THE FACT THAT I CANNOT REPLY TO EVERYONE'S COMMENTS/STATEMENTS REGARDING INFORMATION IN THIS VIDEO. I understand that this is a controversial topic. YES, some are healthy and even outlive their parents, HOWEVER, this video addresses issues regarding the majority of ligers which are unhealthy due to genetic defects caused by hybridization.

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Great for adding texture or shading tonal value or both. .... After they drew the lions face I had them choose 3 diff colours and make the hair/ lion's mane. This was ...... 8 year old and oil pastels. ...
Could even use acrylic paints for this exercise to emphasise different textures using a variety of brushes.

Yr 9 Face painting Lion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYPa6-lqkc4

Investigate the purpose of objects and images from past and present culturesand identify the contexts in which they were or are made, viewed, and valued.

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Lion Man's lion park up north has Ligers

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THE LIGER - Lion Tiger Hybrid Bred in Captivity

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The Liger. The Liger is cross between a male lion and female tiger. It grows to around double the size of its parents and remains the largest cat in the world. Only produced in captivity, much controversy surrounds this animal.

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Lion is a carnivore and mouse is usually plant eater.
Lion being a carnivore it has the urge to eat any animal for its meal.
Mouse , though a plant and tuber eater  and also small in size it gets easily preyed by a big carnivore animal .

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The Lion and the Mouse | Aesop's Fables Series | ABCmouse.com

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Investigate the purpose of objects and images from past and present cultures and identify the contexts in which they were or are made, viewed, and valued.

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Investigate the purpose of objects and images from past and present cultures and identify the contexts in which they were or are made, viewed, and valued.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_lions

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Who eats whom

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Lion - Carnivore
Mice - Rodents

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Sharing what they have and feed each other. Food is the only things that make animals live. If these two were good friends they will be able to share their healthy food

Lion Food
Mouse Food
Video of how the lion feed
Cartoon about Lione and mouse
Zoo keeper talk about how to feed lion
Video story of lion and mouse

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Lion was caught in the trap - but not the mouse - why? - size
Mouse could get out even if caught - why? sharp teeth.
Types of adaptations:
* structural
* physiological
* behavioral
Examples of each

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6534132-the-lion-and-the-mouse