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.
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 -
... 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - ... 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 - ... 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 - ... 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 - ... 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 - ... 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 - ... 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 - ... 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 - ... 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 - ... 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 - ... 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 - ... Some of them would be similar to modern day lions. ... Its 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 - ... 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 - ... 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 ...
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That .. is... just... really.... impressive.
Freepers ROCK !!!!!
"The Ghost and the Darkness" w/M. Douglas & V. Kilmer
Excellent production/recreation of a true happening that this report echos.
Nope..no bias there whatsoever...
Why not just say "Lions outraged over Bush's refusal to sign the Kyoto Treaty"?
Boooorn Freeeeeee
As free as the wiiiiiiiind bllooooooooos......
Where's Rove? Anybody seen him lately? Is he on vaca? What was his plan?
I know what I believe, don't confuse me with the facts.
"Lions disturbed by deforestation "
Of course. Why else? Couldn't be because lions are wild predators and they were hungry?
I thought the lions had a bi-week.
What is the fastest bird in the world?
Ethiopian chicken...
I was thinking of the same movie as well.
LOL
They had to kill somebody other than the Packers.
Ducking for cover :)
I didn't even know it was peasant season ?
..and they're still hungry...lol
"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!
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