Lions guard abducted Ethiopian girl from evil men until rescuers arrive

[KamaAina]

http://www.iizcat.com/post/2725/Lions-guard-abducted-Ethiopian-girl-from-evil-men-until-rescuers-arrive

A 12 year-old girl in Ethiopia was abducted and beaten by a group of men with plans to force marriage upon her.

Sadly, many girls must face this terrible fate, as over 70% of girls are forced into marriage in Ethiopia. Luckily, she had some unlikely guardian angels looking over her.

Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo was at the scene of her rescue. "They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest," Wondimu said. “If the lions had not come to her rescue, then it could have been much worse. Often these young girls are raped and severely beaten to force them to accept the marriage," he said. The abductors really didn't have a choice when they saw a bunch of lions surrounding her and ran for the hills. But the lions comforted her until help came."

Wild life experts believe she may have been protected due to the sound of her cries. The whimpering of a young girl may have resembled the sound of a young cub.

[Flying Phoenix]

1. For a minute I thought you were talking about some Detroit Lions guard

But it's still a cool story. Thank you for sharing it.

[drm604]

9. That's what I thought.

I thought a Lions guard had abducted an Ethiopian girl.

[bluedigger]

12. It wasn't just you.

[Yavin4]

15. Those Lions can't protect Stafford. n/t

[hifiguy]

30. Kama got a HIDE

is WRONG with people here?

[luvspeas]

3. yay!

Good lions.

[Rex]

4. Wow, why would wild animals do that? They could sense her distress?

Amazing.

[KamaAina]

5. Pretty much.

The whimpering of a young girl may have resembled the sound of a young cub.

[Rex]

6. Nature constantly amazes me.

And then they just melted back into the treeline.

[tech3149]

26. I'm amazed that some in our species refuse to learn from nature

Constantly thinking that they really understand it and can do things better. Perhaps once we get past the stupidity and arrogance that allows us to foul our own nest, there might be hope.

[malaise]

28. +1,000

Amazing indeed

[TexasBushwhacker]

18. They can sense danger too

Some other lions killed a poacher recently

[Rex]

19. I read that too! 1 poacher and 2 dogs LOSE - 1 lion WIN.

Poor dogs.

[TexasBushwhacker]

21. FWIW, I know someone who has an African hunting

tour business, which has really gone downhill since the dastardly dentist.

[shanti]

25. there has been some blowback

apparently, elephants (and some other poor animals) have been eating cyanide poisoned oranges and salt, and the results have been quite indiscriminate. this is an inside job, which makes it doubly sickening. it's taking place in the same area that casper was killed in. from what i read, the rangers are paid a pittance, often late, so they struck back by doing the poisoning. the zimbabwean high muckety mucks are rather pissed that they've lost so much money due to casper and are being quite vocal about it.

[Codeine]

22. They didn't. The whole thing reeks of bullshit. nt

[Rex]

23. It just sounds...too Disney for me. Was Simba there?

The Jungle Book sounds more plausible, but I am cynical today.

[Codeine]

24. The enthusiasm with which this obvious nonsense is being bough into

by folks here is mind-blowing.

[ohheckyeah]

7. I so wish

there was video or photos. How awesome is this?

[Catherine Vincent]

8. Heartwarming

If only their were webcams around...I would have loved to have seen it unfold.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. Glad she was rescued from those monsters

[uppityperson]

11. Here's a bit longer story. Good lions, saving a child from being kidnapped & raped

http://www.hngn.com/articles/143837/20151026/lions-save-girl-from-kidnapping-and-forced-marriage-in-ethiopia.htm

[Lithos]

13. Thanks for the share!

The lions then lured the young girl away and guarded her

This was a very active response by the Lions...

Am always impressed by Cats and Big Cats...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Good kitties.

[Yavin4]

16. Good thing there weren't any American Dentists around n/t

[KansDem]

17. I sure as Hell wouldn't mess with any lyin'

And I ain't lion!!

[Unknown Beatle]

20. "The whimpering of a young girl may have resembled the sound of a young cub."

Or maybe, as sentient beings, they feel empathy.

[restorefreedom]

27. yup.......too bad so many don't want to ackowledge that

so they can continue their spree of murder and devastation

[liberal_at_heart]

29. That is incredibly cool!

[niyad]

31. beautiful lions

[merrily]

32. Be real: When you're 12, it's sex slavery, not "early marriage."