Suspected rhino poacher killed by elephant then eaten by a pride of lions

In the beginning of April, park rangers received a call from the victim’s family stating that their relative was killed by an elephant. He had reportedly been inside the park with four others to poach rhino.

“His accomplices claimed to have carried his body to the road so that passers-by could find it in the morning. They then vanished from the park,” Police Brigadier Leonard Hlathi told Times Live.

The family was assured everything would be done to recover their relative’s remains, but due to fading light they could not locate a body.

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When the search resumed, officials located the remains of the suspected rhino poacher in the Crocodile bridge section of the park.

Officials believe that a pride of lions devoured the man’s remains, as they were only able to recover a human skull and a pair of pants.

“Entering Kruger National Park illegally and on foot is not wise, it holds many dangers and this incident is evidence of that,” Managing Executive of the KNP, Glenn Phillips, said in a statement. “It is very sad to see the daughters of the deceased mourning the loss of their father, and worse still, only being able to recover very little of his remains.”

While Phillips expressed his condolences to the man’s family, online reaction to the suspected poacher’s death was quite the opposite.

https://twitter.com/thegoodgodabove/status/1115030268337848320

Karma, it’ll get you in the end.

The deceased man’s accomplices were arrested.

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