[ColdNoMore]

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Lions reportedly devour suspected poacher in South Africa

Lions reportedly devour suspected poacher in South Africa:

South African police are trying to identify a suspected poacher who was reportedly killed and partially devoured by lions in a private game reserve near the Kruger National Park.

The man’s mauled remains, including his head, were reportedly found today alongside a hunting rifle and ammunition.

[Sandtrap328]

The hunter was dressed wrong for lion hunting. He should have been wearing a clown costume. Lions leave them alone because they "taste funny".

[graciegirl]

This is a very unusual conversation.

I turn the channel when animals eat other animals. I know it happens, but it makes me sad. An animal killing a human, no matter what he did, is not something I could celebrate.

I think this may be an estrogen vs. testosterone thing.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

The hunter was dressed wrong for lion hunting. He should have been wearing a clown costume. Lions leave them alone because they "taste funny".

That is a funny remark but a bite from a lion might be rather fatal even if that morsel tastes funny.

[manaboutown]

Poaching in game preserves in Africa is all too common. I am glad the lions got him.

[Chi-Town]

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (on a full stomach ).

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[Mrs. Robinson]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

Poaching in game preserves in Africa is all too common. I am glad the lions got him.

Ditto!
I agree with you 100% and will never understand how someone can call this a sport.

Is there anyone out there on the TOTV site that knows about the "canned hunt" location the Morse's have in Ocala or any details regarding it???
Sadly (very sadly) it does exist!

In my estimation, this is as bad or worse than the lions mauling that illegal hunter.

[Tom C]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

The hunter was dressed wrong for lion hunting. He should have been wearing a clown costume. Lions leave them alone because they "taste funny".

I'd be lion if I said this didn't make me grin ... tastes funny. HA!

[Kenswing]

The lions had every right to defend themselves..

[Abby10]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

The lions had every right to defend themselves..

I was leaning toward agreeing with Gracie and then you had to come on here and make sense of all this.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson

Ditto!
I agree with you 100% and will never understand how someone can call this a sport.

]Is there anyone out there on the TOTV site that knows about the "canned hunt" location the Morse's have in Ocala or any details regarding it???
Sadly (very sadly) it does exist![/COLOR]

In my estimation, this is as bad or worse than the lions mauling that illegal hunter.

This thread is really about poaching.

Hunting is a legal activity open to the public in Florida. There are those who have had hunters in their family. I don't hunt and I don't shoot but others do.


Game hunting area near ocala - Bing

[Abby10]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

This is a very unusual conversation.

I turn the channel when animals eat other animals. I know it happens, but it makes me sad. An animal killing a human, no matter what he did, is not something I could celebrate.

I think this may be an estrogen vs. testosterone thing.

I wanted to go back to this line because I couldn't agree more. The risk is evident that when one engages with wild animals, bad things can happen. And as Kenswing commented, the lions in this instance certainly had the right to defend themselves. But I too have difficulty with celebrating the death of a human. I would have felt more celebratory if the poacher had been caught for his illegal activity and had to pay the penalty. But as Gracie said this could be a man/woman thing and just one of the many ways that our viewpoints differ.

On the other hand, hunting is a completely different subject altogether.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

This thread is really about poaching.

Hunting is a legal activity open to the public in Florida. There are those who have had hunters in their family. I don't hunt and I don't shoot but others do.


Game hunting area near ocala - Bing

Sequestering animals so the human has a better chance of killing them is not hunting. Not everything that is legal is ethical.

(PS: I know nothing about any canned hunting facility owned by the Morses. I'm commenting on the practice of sequestering animals for the practice of killing them, no matter who is doing it.)

[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Sequestering animals so the human has a better chance of killing them is not hunting. Not everything that is legal is ethical.

(PS: I know nothing about any canned hunting facility owned by the Morses. I'm commenting on the practice of sequestering animals for the practice of killing them, no matter who is doing it.)

Had a hamburger, steak, farmed salmon, shrimp, chicken breast lately? They were all sequestered animals.

No, it's not "different" Killing a sequestered cow with an air powered bolt to the brain while it is held immobile so you can enjoy your filet mignon is no different from raising Bambi on a hunt farm and shooting him with a scoped rifle.

[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

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Lions reportedly devour suspected poacher in South Africa

“It seems the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by lions. They ate his body, nearly all of it, and just left his head and some remains,” Limpopo police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe told AFP.

Police also found a hunting rifle close to the body and are trying to identify the victim


So they found a guy eaten by lions, and he had a rifle. Lots of people carry rifles in Africa, no evidence that he was a poacher yet, no skins, paws, claws etc found. So you are willing to convict based only on the circumstancial evidence that he had a rifle?

Hate to have you on my jury.