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Lions kill 20 peasants in Ethiopia
Reuters ^ | 9/20/05

Posted on 09/24/2005 7:31:39 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon

Lions kill 20 peasants in Ethiopia

20 Sep 2005 12:23:12 GMT

Source: Reuters

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Lions disturbed by deforestation have killed 20 people and devoured 750 of their domestic animals in Ethiopia, a local news agency said on Tuesday.

The rare daylight attacks, all during August and in the remote south, have forced a thousand peasant farmers to flee their homes and sparked a hunt for the lions, local official Tadesse Gichore told Walta Information Service.

"The lions killed shepherds tending cattle and villagers after breaking into their houses," Tadesse said of the attacks near his Soro district some 500 km (300 miles) south of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

"Thousands of people who felt threatened left their abodes and fled to safe areas after the lions killed 20 persons as well as 750 domestic animals last month."

Authorities were hunting the lions, who began roaming after deforestation disrupted their habitat and caused drought along the Gibe River Valley, Tadesse said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; animalrightslist; ethiopia; lions
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

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21 posted on 09/24/2005 8:01:36 PM PDT by spycatcher
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon
"Thousands of people who felt threatened left their abodes and fled to safe area...

Obviously, Nagin wasn't in charge.
22 posted on 09/24/2005 8:06:00 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: SteveMcKing
I want a second source.

Well, we had the CNN version here on Free Republic on the 20th: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487930/posts (with over 150 responses), and doing a Google News search on 'lions Ethiopia' yielded some stories that seemed to be related (and several that did not), though of course they could all be based on a single source like the ISD hoax:

Lions kill 20 people in southern Ethiopia
People's Daily Online, China - Sep 22, 2005
... quoted local official sources as saying that in an area about 500 kilometers south of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, a group of lions frequently raided ...

Marauding lions terrorise Ethiopian villagers
AngolaPress, Angola - Sep 21, 2005
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 09/21 - A pride of lions roaming in remote locations of southern Ethiopia has killed at least 20 people and 750 farm animals within a ...
Lions kill 20 people in southern Ethiopia
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - Sep 20, 2005
Lions have killed 20 people and 750 head of livestock in southern Ethiopia, local administrators said on Tuesday. Tadesse Gichore ...
Lions kill 20 peasants in Ethiopia
Reuters AlertNet, UK - Sep 20, 2005
ADDIS ABABA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Lions disturbed by deforestation have killed 20 people and devoured 750 of their domestic animals in Ethiopia, a local news ...
Lions kill 20 peasants in Ethiopia
ABC News - Sep 20, 2005
Sep 20, 2005 — ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Lions disturbed by deforestation have killed 20 people and devoured 750 of their domestic animals in Ethiopia, a local ...
Police: Lions eat 20 villagers in Ethiopia
CNN - Sep 20, 2005
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- A pride of lions has killed and devoured 20 villagers, wounded 10 others and eaten at least 70 cattle in southern Ethiopia in the ...
Lions kill 20 peasants in Ethiopia
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Sep 20, 2005
ADDIS ABABA – Lions disturbed by deforestation have killed 20 people and devoured 750 of their domestic animals in Ethiopia, a local news agency said on ...
Ethiopian lions eat 20 people, injure 10 others
Ireland Online, Ireland - Sep 20, 2005
A pride of hungry lions has killed and devoured 20 villagers, injured 10 others and eaten at least 70 cattle in southern Ethiopia in the past week, police said ...
Lions eat 20 villagers
The Sun, UK - Sep 20, 2005
By PETE BELL. A PRIDE of lions has killed and eaten 20 villagers, wounded ten others and scoffed at least 70 cattle in southern Ethiopia in the past week. ...
Lions attack 14 villages
News24, South Africa - Sep 20, 2005
Addis Ababa - Lions have mauled to death 20 people and 750 head of livestock in southern region of Ethiopia, local administrators said on Tuesday. ...
Vatican accused of aiding fugitive
Seattle Times, United States - Sep 21, 2005
... Lions kill 20: Lions disturbed by deforestation have killed 20 people and devoured 750 of their domestic animals in Ethiopia, a local news agency said yesterday ...
President Carter, Ethiopia Ministry of Health Issue Urgent Call to ...
Harold Doan and Associates (press release), CA - Sep 15, 2005
... The Carter Center, with support from Lions Clubs International and the Conrad N ... However, upon invitation from the Ethiopia Ministry of Health in 2000, The ...
Carters work to end scourge in Ethiopia
Houston Chronicle, United States - Sep 15, 2005
... control. They include training and education, and the Lions Club International has donated $3.5 million toward that effort in Ethiopia. ...
Ethiopia: Home of the Ark of the Covenant
Pahrump Valley Times, NV - Sep 16, 2005
... like a banquet hall, horse stables, even a cage to hold lions representing the ... were destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II when Ethiopia was briefly ...
Walk to freedom
Stockton Record, CA - Sep 15, 2005
... two months to neighboring Ethiopia. Separated from his parents by civil war, he wandered through rough terrain that was infested with lions and crocodiles. ...
Coming Up: How to submit your event
Newton TAB, MA - Sep 13, 2005
... The group will welcome a guest from a Lions Club in Ethiopia as well as Bob Hanley of the US Postal Service. For more information, call 617-332-4487. ...
Legacy of the Lion King
Sunday Herald, UK - Aug 27, 2005
... The Psalmist prophesied that Princes would come out of Egypt and Ethiopia would stretch ... in the jungle and be trampled by elephants and eaten by the lions.”. ...
National Geographic Magazine Focuses Entire Issue on Africa
All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Aug 25, 2005
... In Ethiopia, he met his wife, a third-generation American diplomat, who shares ... to catch at least 50 species of animals, including lions, elephants, wildebeests ...
"Lost Boy" Builds New Life in America
AllAfrica.com, Africa - Aug 27, 2005
... neighboring Ethiopia and later to a new life in America. Thousands of other less fortunate youths fell prey to starvation, thirst, and attack by lions, hyenas ...
Faith in Sudan -- Finding Grace to Help in Time of Need
Agape Press, MS - Sep 15, 2005
... Against all odds, some 35,000 Sudanese boys reached makeshift refugee camps in Ethiopia. ... stood in my kitchen and showed me how those little boys fought lions. ...

Morris Daily Herald
Origin of the species
Morris Daily Herald, IL - Sep 10, 2005
... Some of them would be similar to modern day lions. ... It’s in a region geographically shared by northern Kenya, southern Ethiopia, southern Sudan, parts of ...
Adversity brings out the best in Bekele, not in Greene
Gulf Times, Qatar - Aug 28, 2005
... Techale, from a suspected heart attack on a training run in Ethiopia on January 4 ... was equally poignant in that his younger brother Tariku did the lions share of ...

Sudan Tribune
BOOK REVIEW : They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky
Sudan Tribune, Sudan - Aug 26, 2005
... The lions and pythons that prowled beyond the village fences were the greatest threat they knew ... We reached Pochala on the border of Ethiopia early in the morning ...


23 posted on 09/24/2005 8:19:58 PM PDT by snowsislander
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To: snowsislander

That .. is... just... really.... impressive.


Freepers ROCK !!!!!


25 posted on 09/24/2005 8:26:05 PM PDT by A message (The Democrat party platform is NOT in the mainstream. It is just foolish.)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

"The Ghost and the Darkness" w/M. Douglas & V. Kilmer

Excellent production/recreation of a true happening that this report echos.


26 posted on 09/24/2005 8:45:37 PM PDT by Tomato lover
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon
"Lions disturbed by deforestation.."

Nope..no bias there whatsoever...

27 posted on 09/24/2005 8:50:59 PM PDT by Windsong (FighterPilot)
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To: Windsong

Why not just say "Lions outraged over Bush's refusal to sign the Kyoto Treaty"?


28 posted on 09/24/2005 8:55:13 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

Boooorn Freeeeeee
As free as the wiiiiiiiind bllooooooooos......


29 posted on 09/24/2005 8:58:03 PM PDT by Mrs. Shawnlaw (Rock beats scissors. Don't run with rocks. NRA)
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To: Mrs. Shawnlaw

Where's Rove? Anybody seen him lately? Is he on vaca? What was his plan?


30 posted on 09/24/2005 8:59:43 PM PDT by Mrs. Shawnlaw (Rock beats scissors. Don't run with rocks. NRA)
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To: ncountylee

I know what I believe, don't confuse me with the facts.


31 posted on 09/24/2005 8:59:52 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

"Lions disturbed by deforestation "

Of course. Why else? Couldn't be because lions are wild predators and they were hungry?


32 posted on 09/24/2005 9:03:12 PM PDT by JSteff
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To: A message

I thought the lions had a bi-week.


33 posted on 09/24/2005 9:05:10 PM PDT by Mark was here (How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
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To: TWohlford

What is the fastest bird in the world?

Ethiopian chicken...


34 posted on 09/24/2005 9:07:34 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Tomato lover

I was thinking of the same movie as well.


35 posted on 09/24/2005 9:10:44 PM PDT by diverteach
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To: Mrs Mark

LOL

They had to kill somebody other than the Packers.


Ducking for cover :)


36 posted on 09/24/2005 9:11:16 PM PDT by A message (The Democrat party platform is NOT in the mainstream. It is just foolish.)
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To: Vigilant1
Since when were there trees in Ethiopia. It is a friggin' desert an no one would live there without the aid of the American government and generous donators.
37 posted on 09/24/2005 9:11:44 PM PDT by Pointblank
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon; wardaddy; patton; Travis McGee

I didn't even know it was peasant season ?


38 posted on 09/24/2005 9:12:41 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Squantos

..and they're still hungry...lol


39 posted on 09/24/2005 9:17:15 PM PDT by willyd (Good Fences Make Good Neighbors)
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To: ncountylee

"Lions are open-country predators. They do not live in the forest. They live in the plains and desert. So how is deforestation supposedly effecting them?"

The cowardly lion lived in the forest....lions and tigers and bears oh no!


40 posted on 09/24/2005 9:18:03 PM PDT by fizziwig
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