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South Africa: Poacher killed by elephant then eaten by lions
BBC ^ | 7 April 2019

Posted on 04/07/2019 9:02:53 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Accomplice poachers told the victim's family that he had been killed by an elephant on Tuesday.

...A search party struggled to find the body but eventually found a human skull and a pair of trousers on Thursday.

"Entering Kruger National Park illegally and on foot is not wise,"

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: elephant; elephant1; ichabodcrane; karmakarmakarma; krugerpark; lions; noherekruger; poached; poacher; poeticjustice; southafrica
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To: DUMBGRUNT
A few years ago we did a safari to several game parks in Kenya.Our guide,James (who was outstanding!),told us that the Kenyan government's policy regarding poachers is "shoot on sight"...no negotiating,no handcuffs...just hot lead.

That's OK with me....and completely understandable given how important tourism is to the Kenyan economy.

61 posted on 04/07/2019 2:05:41 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
LIKE BUTTON
62 posted on 04/07/2019 2:36:32 PM PDT by atc23
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To: blueunicorn6

ROFL


63 posted on 04/07/2019 3:44:57 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT; 100American; al baby; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...
Instant Karma, baby!

DANG!

64 posted on 04/07/2019 7:55:13 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Modern feminism: ALL MEN BAD!!!)
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To: Chipper
I’d be agreeable for our military to go to these countries to “practice” on the poachers...

Nice idea.

65 posted on 04/07/2019 8:12:42 PM PDT by GOPJ (AOC, Mayor Pete, and Bernie are updated versions of George McGovern...if McGovern was a commie.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Heh heh... pommes fritesrepublic.


66 posted on 04/07/2019 11:31:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: yarddog

Bet he doesn’t have the guts to go poaching again.


67 posted on 04/08/2019 3:50:12 AM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: Cold Heart

I had a bit more “ultra violence” in mind.


68 posted on 04/08/2019 4:09:13 AM PDT by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

His father told him, he wouldn’t ever be sh!t. He showed him! (Ron White joke about the Grizzly Man, guy who lived with the grizzlies and was surprised when his best grizzly friend mauled him.)


69 posted on 04/08/2019 4:14:45 AM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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I am aghast at what’s going on with these lions.

Sudan zoo

(warning: graphic pix. They’re starving. One has died)

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sudananimalrescue?src=hash


70 posted on 01/20/2020 2:35:08 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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