Humans have been cruel to animals ever since the time of evolution. However, cruelty towards animals has seen a significant rise in the 21st century, a time when we term ourselves to be educated and progressive.
While there are several videos on the internet to drive our point home, today we talk about a particular video highlighting shameful torture towards a lion which will make your blood boil.
The clip going viral on social platforms shows a group of Kurdish men sitting with a lion. However, one of them had a cake on his hand and goes on to smash it into the poor animal’s face. The video becomes hard to watch for any animal lover as the lion jumps up in discomfort and tries to rub the cake of his face. The men continue to rub the cake on its face portraying absolutely disgraceful behavior.
Here is the video:
Each and every person in this video needs to have cake thrown in their face, every hour on the hour, for the rest of their lives. Why is it so hard to #BeKindToAnimals? pic.twitter.com/JT0QSfEMLd
— Daniel Schneider (@BiologistDan) June 4, 2019
The video shared on Twitter by Daniel Schneider, spread like wildfire as people raised their voices against the abuse.
https://twitter.com/lyssamarie2510/status/1136673231354683392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1136673231354683392%7Ctwgr%5E393039363b636f6e74726f6c&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoopwhoop.com%2Fanimals%2Fkurdish-man-captured-smashing-cake-on-a-pet-lion%2F
I’m genuinely embarrassed by my own species
— SoNjA❌⬅️1️⃣,5️⃣➡️❌ (@sonneschijn1983) June 5, 2019
The animal knows what's happened to him I could feel the humiliation he experienced.
Dreadful thing to do on a defenceless creature I hope they are found and prosecuted.
— Patrick Henry (@PatrickBHenry) June 5, 2019
Why didn't he eat them? It would seem just.
— Nancy Lee Grahn (@NancyLeeGrahn) June 7, 2019
The absolute disgusting ignorance, and cruelty of man to take advantage of another being’s innocence and vulnerability is the ultimate sign of weakness – these men make be sick. I bet the animals claws were removed as well. If I was there, they’d not be laughing. 👊🏻
— Adam J. Yeend (@AJYeend) June 5, 2019
This makes my heart feel so sad . Why would anyone want to do that ?
— Sophie Porley (@SophiePorley) June 4, 2019
The lion should eaten those lowlifes
— The Urban Birder (@urbanbirder) June 4, 2019
Pathetic bunch of loser human b…. hope they Rot in hell. Sometimes I do wish karma takes the form like our own Nagin movie,watch these a… die a writhing torturous death. https://t.co/9S1qe67qTa
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) June 12, 2019
Makes me sick to my stomach. If the animal attacked them it would be put down. Where is the justice??
— MissD (@MissD_02) June 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/Answers_to_None/status/1136624147470139394
What’s ironic is the fact that the man who banged the cake into the big cat’s face has been identified as Blend Brifkani, head of a local NGO called the Kurdish American Cooperation Organisation. After the massive outrage on social media, Brifkani apologized for what he did to his pet lion, Leo. He mentioned that the lion is nothing but his ‘best friend’ and his actions came out excitement while celebrating Leo’s birthday!
Though he insisted that he is not an animal abuser and has been working continuously for the welfare of lions, he should have acted responsibly while celebrating Leo’s birthday. As animal lovers, it was outright painful for us to see the desperate attempts of the animal to remove the cake of its face.
Cruelty towards animals needs to stop and right now.