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A big cat poacher has been killed and eaten by the pride of lions he was hunting at a private game reserve in South Africa. The hunter was heard screaming for help as he was attacked at the Ingwelala Private Nature Reserve in Hoedspruit outside Phalaborwa. But the lions quickly killed their victim and devoured most of his body before being chased off, leaving his head untouched. Police at first thought the dead man was a tractor driver who worked at the game reserve. But when he turned up alive, they realised he may have been a poacher. A hunting rifle was found close to what was left of the blood drenched body. Police in Limpopo have called in the Department of Home Affairs to help them to try to identify the dead man, who was not carrying documents. Police Lieutenant-Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said: 'The process of identifying this body has already commenced and it might be made easier as his head was amongst the remains found at the scene'. The owner of the reserve, who identified himself as Josh, said he was told not to speak to the media because the police investigation was still under way. A local worker, from a nearby nature reserve, described the area as lion territory and added: 'The head was still there but the lions had eaten most of the rest. 'A scream was heard and the lions were scattered by the sound of gunshots but it was too late to do anything for him. He was eaten'. Mr Ngoepe confirmed police were investigating the possibility the deceased might have been a poacher after a hunting rifle was found near the scene. Lions kill up to 250 people a year in Africa and a male weighs 190kg and a female 130kg and they can ran at over 80kph and there are less than 20000 left in the wild in Africa. Their bones have become highly prized in the the Far East with a skeleton fetching up to £7,000 and the skin £3,000. Teeth can fetch £500 each. British wildlife photographer Charlie Lynham, 59, from Liverpool who now lives close to the reserve has spent years photographing the resident lion pride that lives there. He arrived at the gates shortly after the alarm was raised and the paramedics had raced in. Mr Lynham was told that the suspected poacher had been killed - but he added that it was not yet clear whether the attack had happened inside Ingwelala or in a neighbouring reserve. 'It turns out it was not the resident pride that lives here responsible as they were on a buffalo kill at the time of the incident but a pride perhaps come over from the Kruger (National Park),'he said. 'It happened on the border of the Umbabat Game Reserve after dark and may have been on their reserve. 'Two .456 big game rifles and ammunition were found at the scene and that is the weapon of choice used by those hunting big game - especially elephant and rhino in the bush. 'I cannot say if it was poachers as the matter is under investigation but that is their weapon of choice and they usually work in groups of three and work under cover of darkness. Two sets of footprints have been found running away and obviously the dead and eaten man.' Mr Lynham said there were no anti-poaching groups in the area at the time and nobody was working in the area. But he added that, despite being speculation 'it would seem very possible that you have poetic justice here.' 'Lions are not a particular danger in daylight but after dark, then that is another matter. 'It is purely speculation on my part but it would seem they either walked into a pride of lions in the darkness or they were stalked and attacked and a man was taken down and eaten. 'The other two it seems ran off and two .456 big game rifles were found and ammunition. He said he had been photographing the Ingwelala pride for years and was 'concerned in case it was them in case they got accused of attacking humans and there were calls to kill them.' 'But it was not our pride and was probably one from the Kruger that come over the border,' he said. 'If you go out walking in the bush in the dark then I am afraid you are fair game in the wild and there is no way that anyone can attribute any blame to those lions for this kill.' The incident comes just months after poacher Luteni Muhararukua was charged and killed by a rhino he was hunting for its horn in nearby Namibia. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...a.html#ixzz56vT12BpT Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | ||
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If karma really exists, this is a good example. | |||
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Sounds like a Fox TV special. "When Lion Attacks Go Bad..." ----------------- I apologize now... | |||
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I LOVE it when Karma works that well!  Don _______________________ Living the Dream... One Day at a Time. | |||
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I think Clubster might have posted this already... https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...0601935/m/6290046734 | |||
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Dang, as if eaten by a shark is not bad enough... ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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Good for the lions. They wrote this twice, but I've never heard of .456. There are several .458 cartridges (Express, Lott, Win Mag, SOCOM, etc.). Typo or am I naive? Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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I thought hyenas were an even greater risk than lions. But as they say "In Africa, everything bites." ... stirred anti-clockwise. | |||
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I fixed it, I fixed it. Sheesh. ___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger." | |||
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How much water is needed to simmer a poacher? Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Typo. There is or never was a 456 anything for dangerous game. You are right about the 458s though. The Lott is the big boy and favored these days. I've shot the win mag, but never the Lott. The Lott has way more recoil than the Win Mag, but when you're being charged, they say you won't feel (or remember ?) the recoil. Too bad I'll never hunt Africa. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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Well, it was good news the first time I read it, just down the page... tac | |||
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