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Half-eaten wife used as bait to trap killer Tanzania lion
BBC ^ | 06/15/04 | BBC

Posted on 06/17/2004 9:59:34 PM PDT by Pikamax

Dead wife bait traps killer lion

The lion hid the woman's remains in a bush Tanzanian police have vowed to act after a villager laced with poison his wife's remains to catch a killer lion. Police told the BBC they will wipe out the rogue lions that are terrorising villages in the southern Lindi area.

When Selemani Ngongwechile found his wife's half-eaten body, he calmly poisoned it, knowing the lion would return for the rest of its "meal".

His plan worked, killing the lion, but the police say they will use more orthodox methods.

Lindi local police chief Simon Dau told the BBC that "a few" lions remained in the area and warned villagers to stay inside after dark.

After killing Somoe Abdallah near her home and eating her upper body, the lion might have gone for a drink, he said.

This is when Mr Ngongwechile found her remains hidden in a bush.

But instead of panicking, he put the poison in her corpse and waited inside his house for the lion to return, before informing the authorities.

"Nowadays there are very few animals in the area for the lions to hunt. So instead of starving they decide to kill humans rather than keep on looking for antelopes or deers which are scarce," Commander Dau said.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: lion

1 posted on 06/17/2004 9:59:34 PM PDT by Pikamax
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To: Pikamax
""Nowadays there are very few animals in the area for the lions to hunt. So instead of starving they decide to kill humans rather than keep on looking for antelopes or deers which are scarce," Commander Dau said."

That makes sense. Hey, a cat's gotta eat.

2 posted on 06/17/2004 10:02:42 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

He also knows to the fullest, if that lion is not killed it will soon return for more blood.


3 posted on 06/17/2004 10:08:35 PM PDT by endthematrix (To enter my lane you must use your turn signal!)
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To: Pikamax

Well this hubby sounds like a pretty cool customer, I gotta give him credit for that.


4 posted on 06/17/2004 10:13:14 PM PDT by jocon307 (help....I lost my tagline!)
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To: Pikamax

This man truly lionized his wife.


5 posted on 06/17/2004 10:16:45 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: Pikamax

They're going to pi$$ of PETA.


7 posted on 06/17/2004 10:21:01 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam.)
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To: gubamyster

LOL. I wonder if her name was Leona. Some wives wouldn't have required the addition of any poison.


8 posted on 06/17/2004 10:27:24 PM PDT by Defiant (Moore-On: That throbbing anticipation felt by a liberal hoping for America's defeat.)
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To: Pikamax
His plan worked, killing the lion, but the police say they will use more orthodox methods.

Well, go with what works is what I say, but then I'm not married...

9 posted on 06/17/2004 10:30:18 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: gubamyster
This man truly lionized his wife.

A truly rip-roaring comment.

10 posted on 06/17/2004 10:33:04 PM PDT by umgud (speaking strictly as an infidel,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)
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To: Pikamax

But instead of panicking, he put the poison in her corpse and waited inside his house for the lion to return, before informing the authorities.

This is one smart guy. If he had notified the authorities the lion would still be out there on the prowl, with the blessing of the animal rights activists.


11 posted on 06/17/2004 10:35:11 PM PDT by taxesareforever
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This sounds like a Boudreaux joke.


12 posted on 06/17/2004 10:36:20 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
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Hmmmm....very very cool husband. Maybe too cool. How do we know he didn't poisen his wife BEFORE the lion(s) came. They were seen in the area after all...

THEN left her out there for bait...seems like a plan.

Oh dear...there's no deer.


13 posted on 06/18/2004 12:09:02 AM PDT by Missk9 (eat now or forever hold your pizza)
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To: Pikamax

New book:101 Uses for a Dead Wife.


14 posted on 06/18/2004 4:45:48 AM PDT by donozark (I have benefited unfairly from the Bush tax cuts and rebounding economy. I feel SOO guilty!)
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To: Pikamax

Half-eaten wife used as bait to trap killer Tanzania lion

Kind of reminds me of a song by Eric Idle & John Cleese ...

Half a bee, philosophically,
Must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be
Vis a vis, its entity. D'you see?

But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee
When half the bee is not a bee
Due to some ancient injury?

La dee dee, one two three,
Eric the half a bee.
A B C D E F G,
Eric the half a bee.

Is this wretched demi-bee,
Half-asleep upon my knee,
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric the half a bee!

Fiddle de dum, Fiddle de dee,
Eric the half a bee.
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the half a bee.

I love this hive, employee-ee,
Bisected accidentally,
One summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.

He loves him carnally,
Semi-carnally.


15 posted on 06/18/2004 4:52:26 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: blam; Thinkin' Gal
Hey, a cat's gotta eat.

Which reminds me. I have an idea my cats think I kill little metal-shelled animals, crack them open and spoon their guts out on a plate for them.

16 posted on 06/18/2004 4:53:21 AM PDT by In_25_words_or_less (It's more a guideline than a rule.)
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To: Pikamax

The guy sounds like a considerate husband. Nothing's more frustrating for a wife than being half-eaten.


17 posted on 06/18/2004 4:59:30 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: gubamyster
Aren't you ashamed!

Oh how I wished I had thought of that!LOL!

18 posted on 06/18/2004 10:24:07 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Pikamax

This technique must really cut down on the funeral expenses.


19 posted on 06/18/2004 5:54:46 PM PDT by DMZFrank
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