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Man is mauled to death and EATEN by pet lion days after buying the beast to keep in his back garden
Daily Mail ^ | May 12, 2025 | Taryn Pedler

Posted on 05/12/2025 12:02:47 PM PDT by Angelino97

A man was mauled to death and eaten by his pet lion just days after buying the beast to keep in his back garden.

A resident of Najaf, southern Iraq, was horrifically attacked by the predator before it consumed most of his body on Thursday.

'Today in a garden in the city of Kufa in Najaf, a citizen was attacked by a lion in his own garden and died immediately,' Mufid Tahir, spokesperson for the Najaf Police, told local news site Rudaw.

He added that because the lion had eaten a large portion of the man's body, and because the animal refused to leave the remains, it had to be killed.

The victim, 50-year-old Aqil Fakhr al-Din, had reportedly been keeping lions and other wild animals in his garden for several years, according to Tahir.

But on Thursday, the predator launched a surprise attack on its trainer before ferociously mauling him to death and devouring him.

One of the victim's neighbours reportedly intervened and shot the lion with a Kalashnikov rifle, killing it with seven bullets, as per local TV reports.

But by the time the lion was killed, it was too late for al-Din. He was immediately transferred to Al-Sadr Medical City Hospital in Najaf but did not survive due to the extent of his injuries.


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To: Angelino97

Perfect example of having a case of the dumb ass


61 posted on 05/12/2025 1:43:35 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: Angelino97

Im mad they killed the lion.


62 posted on 05/12/2025 1:46:50 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Angelino97

Poor kitty. First rule of keeping any feral cat as a pet is to keep it well fed. Second rule is to keep Betadine and bandages handy.


63 posted on 05/12/2025 1:56:16 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: tumblindice
PPPPPPHHHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Good one! :-D

64 posted on 05/12/2025 2:42:09 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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To: Angelino97
What did the 500-lb. canary say to the lion?

Here, kitty, kitty, kitty...

65 posted on 05/12/2025 2:49:04 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: tumblindice

“The 28th of this month is the 9th anniversary of Harambe the silverback gorilla’s death.
He deserved better too, killed because of stupidity.”

Yes, Harambe would have never hurt the child.


66 posted on 05/12/2025 3:03:20 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar
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To: tumblindice

“The 28th of this month is the 9th anniversary of Harambe the silverback gorilla’s death.
He deserved better too, killed because of stupidity.”

Yes, Harambe would have never hurt the child.


67 posted on 05/12/2025 3:03:30 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar
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To: tumblindice

You’ve been doing this awhile, haven’t you?


68 posted on 05/12/2025 3:08:27 PM PDT by OKSooner (Always carry. Even if all you can handle is a .22, carry it. You might be surprised.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Are you here all week?


69 posted on 05/12/2025 3:12:59 PM PDT by Az Joe (uired to.)
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To: Angelino97

Yum, yum, eat ‘em up, yum yum”


70 posted on 05/12/2025 3:16:02 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (First, I was a clinger, then deplorable, now I'm garbage. Feel the love? )
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To: Az Joe

“ Are you here all week?”

And twice on Saturday.


71 posted on 05/12/2025 3:30:54 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Democrats are not part of the solution. They are part of the problem.)
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To: Angelino97

For a second there I thought it was another Comrade Pope story.


72 posted on 05/12/2025 4:01:07 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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To: Angelino97

Sounds like

It is all about up bringing. Lions are the most lovable and friendly creatures on earth.


73 posted on 05/12/2025 4:37:31 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Angelino97

Everything he knew about lions he learned from watching “The Wizard of Oz”.


74 posted on 05/12/2025 4:43:02 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Trump may be one of our greatest Presidents, if they don't kill him first.)
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To: Angelino97

Horrifically attacked.
No, naturally attacked.


75 posted on 05/12/2025 4:52:06 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Angelino97
Aqil Fakhr al-Din was attacked by the lion before it consumed most of his body...the lion had eaten a large portion of the man's body.

He was immediately transferred to the hospital but did not survive due to the extent of his injuries.


Which remnants did they transport to the hospital?
76 posted on 05/12/2025 6:19:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: Az Joe

Why don’t cannibals eat clowns?
They taste funny


77 posted on 05/12/2025 10:48:55 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: cuban leaf
That’s why Muslims are tea totalers.

I knew lots of Iraqis who enjoyed adult beverages. Alcohol is legal in Iraq.

78 posted on 05/12/2025 11:01:30 PM PDT by Allegra ( Thank you. I appreciate the analogical parallelism. 😂😂)
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To: Allegra

Islam sees alcohol same as Mormonism does. But if you are “under cover” in non-muslim countries you are permitted to imbibe to avoid suspicion.


79 posted on 05/13/2025 9:51:13 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: cuban leaf

I find the vast differences in the approach to alcohol in Middle Eastern countries quite interesting.

You frequently see people (men) from the stricter countries like Kuwait (which has a thriving black market for booze) and Saudi Arabia hanging out and getting hammered in the more laid-back countries like Bahrain and UAE.


80 posted on 05/13/2025 11:06:29 AM PDT by Allegra ( Thank you. I appreciate the analogical parallelism. 😂😂)
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