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Ghana zoo lion kills man who attempted to ‘steal’ rare white cub
New York Post ^
| 08/30/2022
| Snejana Farberov
Posted on 08/31/2022 8:54:11 AM PDT by mellow velo
A lion at Ghana’s Accra Zoo mauled an intruder to death after he climbed a fence in an alleged attempt to steal a rare white cub, officials said.
At around noon local time on Sunday, security guards on patrol at the zoo noticed that the middle-aged victim had scaled a 20-foot-tall mesh fence and entered the enclosure housing a lion, a lioness and two cubs.
“The intruder was attacked and injured by one of the lions,” Ghana’s state Forestry Commission said in a statement, adding that the unnamed man had died from wounds he sustained in the attack.
Authorities said they have not yet determined a motive behind the breach, but it is suspected that the intruder may have been after at least one of the two lion cubs, which are considered rare — and especially valuable to poachers — because of their unusual light coloring.
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"Florida Man" has competition! The year isn't over yet, but this guy may have clinched the 2022 Darwin Award.
How stupid do you have to be to not only climb into the lion enclosure at a zoo in broad daylight, but attempt to steal a cub when the lion and lioness are around?!
To: mellow velo
To: mellow velo
karma.. delivered instantly.
To: mellow velo
Gene Pool has been cleaned ‘just a little bit’.
To: mellow velo
Kimba Karma
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posted on
08/31/2022 8:58:48 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
To: mellow velo
In Ghana, this is just another:
"Hold my Akpeteshie and watch this!"
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:01:42 AM PDT
by
glennaro
(Live life unbullied and unafraid. Choose to ignore or fight the irrationality that surrounds you.)
To: mellow velo
I was hired to steal ar rare apex predator once.
Then I did days of research and learned that wild animals kill other animals that try it. And for millions of years! No one told me that!
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:03:06 AM PDT
by
Celerity
To: ClearCase_guy
To: mellow velo
There are many on the path to learn the ferocity of “The Momma Bear” truism.
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:10:14 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Biden: Ignorant and Dishonest Before he was Senile.)
To: glennaro
Actually, beer is very popular in Ghana with both working class and middle class.
To: mellow velo
Wah oh oh, wah oh oh, wah oh wimoweh
Weeheeheehee dee heeheeheehee weeoh aweem away
Weeheeheehee dee heeheeheehee weeoh aweem away
*
*Ghanan for don’t mess with the lion dumb ass
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:11:11 AM PDT
by
csvset
(tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
To: mellow velo
Ghana Man is the new Florida Man
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:11:16 AM PDT
by
libh8er
To: mellow velo
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:13:24 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: mellow velo
Do you really want come between a lioness and her cubs? The man entering the lion area was very stupid. If not already, the zoo will likely put the lion down. Doesn't seem right but that's generally what happens when a predator rightly or wrongly kills a human.
To: ClearCase_guy
their unusual light coloring.
They’re not white, they’re just light.
Light supremacy...
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:14:50 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: woodbutcher1963
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:15:04 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
To: mellow velo
I wonder if that puts the zookeepers at more risk of an attack.
Or if the lions are able to distinquish that Robber guy was an evil idiot and zookeepers are okay.
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:15:08 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: woodbutcher1963
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the poacher sleeps...FOR-EVAH!!!!
I hope they don’t euthanize the lion, rather, put the man’s head on a stake as a warning for any future potential poachers.
To: JesusIsLord
I’m really hoping that they don’t take down the adult lions.
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:26:17 AM PDT
by
Mercat
To: moovova
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posted on
08/31/2022 9:31:07 AM PDT
by
HighSierra5
(The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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