Beautiful cheetah cut open and skinned leaving cubs orphaned ; Honey, star of Big Cat Diary, killed byvets blunder

According to one witness, Joseph Kimojono, an assistant warden with the Mara Conservancy, the vet then treated Honey for a wound to her leg and gave her an injection to bring her round. Shortly after this she became agitated and distressed. The Corporation has a strict policy of non-intervention wit...

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Published inMail on Sunday
Main Author Mike Behr, Elizabeth Sanderson
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Solo Syndication, a division of Associated Newspapers Ltd 03.02.2008
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Summary:According to one witness, Joseph Kimojono, an assistant warden with the Mara Conservancy, the vet then treated Honey for a wound to her leg and gave her an injection to bring her round. Shortly after this she became agitated and distressed. The Corporation has a strict policy of non-intervention with the cats. In the last series, [Jonathan Scott] told viewers: Nature has its own way of dealing with things and, however painful it may be to watch it, to observe it and to describe it, you cant play God. Big Cat Diary was first broadcast on BBC1 in 1996. The show, which follows families of leopards, cheetahs and lions, has been likened to a wildlife soap opera and regularly attracts more than 3.5million view-ers. It is presented by Scott, Simon King and Saba Douglas- Hamilton. WILDLIFE SOAP: Presenters Simon King, Saba Douglas- Hamilton andJonathan Scott had been tracking the progress of Honey and her cubs, top