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Related: About this forumSuspected rhino poacher killed by elephant, eaten by lions in South Africa: authorities
Source: Global News
Suspected rhino poacher killed by elephant, eaten by lions in South Africa: authorities
By Rahul Kalvapalle
National Online Journalist Global News
South African authorities say they have recovered the remains of a suspected rhinoceros poacher who was believed to have been killed by an elephant before his body was devoured by lions.
The victims family say they were informed of his death by fellow members of a poaching gang that entered Kruger National Park in northeastern South Africa on Tuesday, South African National Parks said in a release.
South African authorities say they have recovered the remains of a suspected rhinoceros poacher who was believed to have been killed by an elephant before his body was devoured by lions.
The victims family say they were informed of his death by fellow members of a poaching gang that entered Kruger National Park in northeastern South Africa on Tuesday, South African National Parks said in a release.
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Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/5137424/rhino-poacher-killed-by-elephant-kruger/
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Related: Media Release: Kruger National Park rangers help family closure by recovering remains of a suspected poacher killed by an Elephant (South African National Parks)
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)Can Jr. And Gums be next?
mahina
(17,649 posts)Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,916 posts)Animals are taking back the savannah. 'Bout time.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Open my garage door, crank up Van Halen's cover of 'Dancing In The Streets' on my car stereo with all the doors and trunk open ... as loud as my system goes ...
And proceed to do exactly what the song says ...
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Well, think about the reverse of that for a minute.
Now THAT would be karma complete.
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)...visualizing ...visualizing...
hlthe2b
(102,236 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)Message sent, message received.
LonePirate
(13,419 posts)dhill926
(16,337 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)marble falls
(57,080 posts)cooking by:
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Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)People who hunt rhinos and elephants for sport disgust me.
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,985 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)2naSalit
(86,579 posts)Cool.
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)Fair is fair.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Theres always more poachers. I hate them all, may they all meet a similar fateright away!
packman
(16,296 posts)Bravo-
defacto7
(13,485 posts)well like they say... Don't fuck with Mother Nature!
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)TNNurse
(6,926 posts)debsy
(530 posts)I'm sure the elephant who killed the poacher knew what he or she was doing.
Full circle.
Butterflylady
(3,543 posts)So the saying goes.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)stayed in his lane and let the animals be in peace in their lanes.
tclambert
(11,085 posts)I can never tell anymore.
RandySF
(58,798 posts)More likely the poacher was hunted down and shot (not that I care).
Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)Thanks for the thread Eugene.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Do they follow the lions around for a couple of days and send back bags of poop? "Here's your _______ . He was a real piece of shit."
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)If he had been able to gaze into a crystal ball and see his skull and pants, all that was left, would that have dissuaded him from the life of a poacher?
The tragedy here is sheer stupidity, not the manner in which the animals responded.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.