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Bad Kitty!

Michael Prasek, of the Czech village of Zdechov, owned a couple of cats he wanted to breed. Big cats. Lions, actually. He kept them in pens local planners hadn’t agreed to let him build. But while fines had been imposed on Prasek for illegal breeding, there was no evidence of cruelty, and officials didn’t have anywhere to put the lions if they took them. Recently, Prasek’s father found his son’s corpse in the lion’s den, and the police, who claimed it was necessary in order to retrieve him, shot both cats. Tomas Kocourek, the local mayor, looked on the bright side: “Today’s incident will perhaps finally help to resolve this long term problem.” (AC/BBC) ...That all depends on how many lives the lions have left.