02.07.10

‘World Cup’ Lion Burgers Sell Out Despite Protests

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© BRENDAN BECKETT / BARCROFT MEDIA LTD

The restaurant at the centre of the lion burger storm has braved a bomb threat and 250 threatening phone calls to serve their first round of roaring good meat.

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26.05.10

South Africa’s Football Starts Of Tomorrow Play Far From World Cup Luxury

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© MARK WESSELS / BARCROFT MEDIA

The world’s greatest sporting spectacle is almost upon South Africa, but underneath all the teeming flashing stadiums and dazzling football skills of the World Cup there is deprivation, poverty and a great deal of suffering in the host country.

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25.05.10

The Lion King

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© MATTHEW TABACCOS / BARCROFT MEDIA

Cat lovers love to get close to their pets but fearless animal wrangler Richard Brooker is able to get these huge lions to behave like giant domesticated dogs.

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18.05.10

Big Cats in Power Coalition As Rare Shots Show Young Leopards’ Battle For Territory

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© ANDREW BACHELOR/ BARCROFT MEDIA

It’s not just politicians who fight tooth and nail for power.

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02.09.09

Wildlife Photographer Survives Rhino Attack

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© Great Stock / Barcroft Media

These amazing images show a gigantic rhino just moments before he charged down the photographer taking them – skewering his bottom and leaving him temporarily unable to walk.

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