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Published: 2014-03-03 17:58:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 955; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 0
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So, because it is Wildlife Awareness month,  Lioden is hosting a Poaching advent. In it, you can randomly come across poachers and poaching victims. While exploring, I came across an orphaned carcal kitten mourning over the loss of his mother, who had been killed (Skinned alive) by poachers. My lion tried to be friendly and approched to comfort the cub, but I scared him and he ran through the shrubbery until he accidently fell down a ravine, killing himself. So I did the right thing, I buried them both.

However, this is a lesson on how horrible poaching is and how we need to get together to stop it. Hunting, when done humanely, is perfectly fine in my opinion, but hunting animals illegally for their body parts and then leaving the corpse to rot is horribly disrespectful and cruel. Lioden is donating half of their profit to an Anit-Poaching orginazation this month, I urge you to either make a small donation or spread the word to help prevent this sort of thing.

Because, even one voice can make a diffrence.

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Comments: 6

BlackNastopian [2014-03-03 22:38:46 +0000 UTC]

The poachers skinned the mother alive and left her to wither in agony in front of her cub?
.......Holy @#$% thats screwed up!

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Skybird99 In reply to BlackNastopian [2014-03-03 23:50:33 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, poachers are horrible people. :/ Poaching is no joke and 99% is inhumane, and 100% illegal. Skinning alive is one of the rarer things that happens, but sometimes they can't kill the animal quick enough so they take what they came for and leave. Since attempts to stop the poachers have been futile at best, the best we can do is discourage people from buying poached products. No profit = people won't risk their lives to poach.

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BlackNastopian In reply to Skybird99 [2014-03-04 00:19:11 +0000 UTC]

I agree with you.
Hunting is okay. It keeps animal populaton under control, and as long as the hunters are responsable for what they are doing.
But poaching....thats bad news and it effects the enviroment.

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Skybird99 In reply to BlackNastopian [2014-03-04 00:44:21 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah, 100%. :/

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Muddy-Coyote [2014-03-03 18:13:45 +0000 UTC]

Very touching story, and tragic. :c I agree that poaching is criminal... And this really does express the emotion very well. I really like your style too :3 And your character design!

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Skybird99 In reply to Muddy-Coyote [2014-03-03 23:51:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I was hoping that I would tell the story well, since it made me sad. :c And haha thank you for the compliments! That means a lot. XD

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