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.
LOL...were this story true I'd think the peasants were the ones angry there were no more trees to climb.
Now that's reducing a story to its essential elements! Kudos!!
Thousands abandon their homes because of 20 stinkin' lions? Do they really need the govt to come in and take care of the problem for them? I hear the Massai are pretty good at hunting lions.
What I don't understand is why the lions, a plains/savannah animal, were protesting deforestation. I had no idea lions were such enviromentalists.
"The lions killed shepherds tending cattle and villagers after breaking into their houses,"
They did a public service, executing criminal shepherds, who were breaking into the villagers' houses, and then herding kidnapped villagers. Wouldn't be surprised if the cattle were also stolen from the villagers.
(/adhd)
What's the recipe for peasant-under-glass?
Do you think that the lions might have been drunk if they could sleep during all that singing?
I can hear the lions now, "Bring them on".
That was exactly my first thought when I read this!
Obviously, the "reporter" is a Greenie Activist. I would love to have him substantiate his claim.
Lions have to eat, too.
Most lion's I have talked to in the past have explained their frustrations in detail with their concerns about deforestation and going by their in depth concerns as roared to me, I have found that a constant intake of "meat" overrides their concern for deforestation.
I really don't think that those 20 people were devoured because of the deforestation, I just think that the lions found a good chunk of meat in a conservative and let nature take it's course.
ROTFLMAO....
Now I'm hungry.
Shoot 'em, dress 'em, cook 'em and place them under a tumbler... ; )
LOL!!! Hahahah
Me too,Something like....lack of lion hunting.
Shortly after seeing "The Ghosts in the DArkness" we went to Chicago and saw the stuffed lions which killed the people of Savo. They were 2 maneless male lions. Looked small to me. They were not impressive like the lions depicted in the movie. Apparently they did the killing though.
BTTT
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