![]() ![]() ![]() Simpson was nearly 'The Terminator' but producers didn't think he could 'be sold as a killing machine' Love Island bombshell Zachariah stuns the villa by STEALING a girl in an explosive recoupling - leaving one boy at risk of being dumpedĪrnold Schwarzenegger says O.J. At first all I could see was a pair of little yellow eyes staring back at me and I pressed the shutter with excitement.'īobby-Jo said another reason sharing wildlife images was so important for lions across Africa was that the feline was facing a silent extinction from poaching, snaring and habitat loss with had seen numbers plummet in 100 years from 200,000 to around 20,000.Īn organisation hoping to stem the tide of lion destruction is the charity Kope Lion, a conservation initiative. 'We positioned our vehicle so that I could capture the cubs face through the carcass. 'The adult lions had eaten the backside of the buffalo first and I knew this could be a unique photo opportunity. She said: 'I noticed that one cub in particular was very possessive of the buffalo and he started to climb inside the carcass from the stomach area. 'I was very concerned for their wellbeing, but as always nature surprises us, and the next morning we found them with a buffalo carcass.'įor the photographs of the pride eating the buffalo Bobby-Jo used a Canon 1DX MKII and she was around 10 metres from the action. 'There are five cubs that are around 12 months of age which is a crucial development time.įacebook did eventually restore the images and send Vial an apology, but they have been covered by a 'graphic gore' warning She said: 'They are wild animals but I feel quite attached to them so recently when I returned back to Timbavati, I noticed that the mothers and their cubs were looking weak and thin. 'Would two lions pictured mating be deemed as sexual content?'īobby-Jo has been following the Avoca pride for the past four years and can identify most of the members of this 17-strong big cat family. 'I immediately posted about this to my family and friends, they couldn't believe it. She said: 'I was absolutely devastated, capturing the truth of nature as a wildlife photographer is my job. 'I sent several messages to the Facebook support team to ask them why my pictures violated their community terms but they did not acknowledge my request.'įacebook did eventually restore the images and apologised for taking them down, but insisted they be covered by a 'graphic gore' warning.īobby-Jo said the censorship of her images was very upsetting and could have wider implications for showing nature as it is, and the problems wildlife might face. 'I had also shared one of the images on my private Facebook profile, whilst they did not delete this, they did cover it with a graphic warning content message. All of my photos were deleted, all the comments gone. She said: 'There was no option to appeal, just a little box I had to tick to acknowledge the message. Vial posted the images to her Facebook business page but came back later to find they had been deleted and the page locked for 'glorifying violence'īobby-Jo said Facebook also threatened to take down her business page if she continued to post images of this nature. ![]()
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