This Couple From Pakistan Posed With A Sedated Lion Cub For Their Wedding Photoshoot

This Couple From Pakistan Posed With A Sedated Lion Cub For Their Wedding Photoshoot

Most people don’t take this seriously but one of the most prominent problems our world is facing is climate change. Do you think it’s a coincidence that there are glaciers melting in one part of our world and rampant forest fires in another? Now if you’ve studied EVS in school, then you know that one of the biggest impacts of climate change is the loss of wildlife. And most of all this chaos is caused by humans. A lot of people are in denial. Because, why take responsibility? But just look at the level of animal cruelty some people stoop down to. A couple in Pakistan used a sedated lion cub for their wedding photoshoot. So, we burn down their natural habitats and then use them as props for frivolous activities. Then people wonder why the number of lions is dwindling.

A couple from Lahore, Pakistan recently came under the scanner for using a sedated lion cub as a prop in their wedding photoshoot. The pictures went viral like wildfire (get it, get it?) and caused a tremendous uproar amongst netizens and animal rights activists. Everyone is expressing concerns over the health and treatment of that lion cub. In the pictures, the couple can be posing while the cub is just lying next to them. There have been some horrid trends, this is the worst of the worst.

On 8 March, a non-profit organization, save the wild, which works to preserve Pakistan’s wildlife shared a short video that showed the photoshoot. The tweet read, “@PunjabWildlife does your permit allow for a lion cub to be rented out for ceremonies? Look at this poor cub sedated and being used as a prop. This studio is in Lahore where this cub is being kept. Rescue him please.”

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According to reports, the studio in which this photoshoot was done has over 1,20,000 followers on Instagram. The photos were originally shared by them with the hashtag #SherdiRani. However, after the backlash on Instagram the photos have been taken down.

Another NGO, JFK Animal Rescue and Shelter also shared this video and are considering legal action against this couple. Well, it wouldn’t be unwarranted. Zulfishan Anushay, the founder of JFK, told The Independent, “The studio’s management told us that the lion cub was brought [to the studio] by a friend of theirs that owned it, and according to them it was a plain coincidence that the couple was also present, so they decided to take a few pictures with the lion cub.”

This is a horribly weak defence. The odds that someone walks into a studio where a sedated lion cub is already present are slim to none. People wanting their wedding photos to stand out is understandable but this crosses multiple lines. It’s downright animal cruelty and that is unacceptable.

Why can’t people just be happy with normal and mushy wedding pictures? Why add all these unnecessary elements?

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Mitali Shah

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