Rhino poacher was attacked by an elephant, then devoured by lions

A rhino poacher is believed to have been attacked by an elephant and then eaten by a pride of lions during an incident in South Africa’s Kruger national park.

Police brigadier Leonard Hlathi said police received information that a group of men had gone into the park on 1 April in order to hunt rhino, “when suddenly an elephant attacked and killed one of them”.

“His accomplices claimed to have carried his body to the road so that passersby could find it in the morning. They then vanished from the park.”

Hlathi said the group of men left the park and informed a family member of the deceased what had happened, who contacted police. Park rangers began a search for the man, on foot and by air, but could not locate the man at first due to failing light.

Rangers and police returned on 4 April and were able to find the man’s remains in the Crocodile Bridge section of the park.

“Indications found at the scene suggested that a pride of lions had devoured the remains leaving only a human skull and a pair of pants,” said Isaac Phaahla, the general manager of communications for the Kruger national park.

Tommy Monk wrote:I read this somewhere else... and it was said that the park rangers had sent their condolences to the family of the scum bag poacher...


Can't think why they would bother doing that...!?

Tommy Monk wrote:Well... the appearance I see is that they are more concerned about the death of a scum bag poacher than the animals that the scum bag was trying to kill...

>THE Ben Reilly< wrote:

Tommy Monk wrote:Well... the appearance I see is that they are more concerned about the death of a scum bag poacher than the animals that the scum bag was trying to kill...

I agree he was a scumbag, but did he deserve to die?

Yes, he did "deserve" to die :
Poacher, trespasser, thief, vandal == 'criminal';
And, in the end he effectively chose his own means of death..

If you think so, does that mean you think animals' lives are more important than people?

No more important, no less important :
Human beings are animals too.
He was a thieving and useless poacher, killing protected animals not to eat, but to help make other criminals richer.

And if you think that, are you a vegan?

Having respect for life in general doesn't make one a "vegan".
In fact many vegans out there in the wider world show LESS compassion than some of the poachers and hunters they rail against  !

>THE Ben Reilly< wrote:

Tommy Monk wrote:Well... the appearance I see is that they are more concerned about the death of a scum bag poacher than the animals that the scum bag was trying to kill...

I agree he was a scumbag, but did he deserve to die? yes

If you think so, does that mean you think animals' lives are more important than people? all are not equal by nature

And if you think that, are you a vegan?
No, preventing extinction and protecting the natural world has no correlational to a vegan's evil idiocy
whats protecting Rhinos got to do with exterminating all Domestic Animals?

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Tu Quoque is a very common fallacy in which one attempts to defend oneself or another from criticism by turning the critique back against the accuser. This is a classic Red Herring since whether the accuser is guilty of the same, or a similar, wrong is irrelevant to the truth of the original charge. However, as a diversionary tactic, Tu Quoque can be very effective, since the accuser is put on the defensive, and frequently feels compelled to defend against the accusation.

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