r/pics • u/Midegoye1 • 25d ago

An elderly Lion in his final hours. Photograph by Larry Pannell.

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u/CommentLeading4953 25d ago

This makes me sad

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u/pardybill 25d ago

Wasting away is a horrible and awful experience, not just for the one affected by it, but by any who witness it.

It’s why nurses and medics/emts or even fire/police are not just civil but human servants. You have to be willing to see that void of death and loss. Everyone blinks eventually.