Lions Eat Two Rhino Poachers In South African Game Reserve

Lions Kill Poachers In South Africa

Two men suspected to be poachers, have been allegedly killed by lions after a ranger taking guests at the Sibuya Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape on a safari drive in South Africa, discovered human remains close to a pride of lions.

“We suspect two were killed, possibly three,” Sibuya owner Nick Fox said.

An axe and three pairs of shoes and gloves were found later when police and an anti-poaching unit arrived.

The lions had been heard making a commotion earlier.

“We thought they must have been rhino poachers but the axe confirmed it,” Fox said.

“They use the rifle to shoot the animal and the axe to remove the horn.”

South Africa is homes to more than 80% of the Rhino’s in the world. Although there figures is reducing drastically due to the activities of poachers who kill them and sell to buyers in Vietnam and China where Rhino horn is coveted as an ingredient in traditional medicine.

More than 1,000 rhinos were killed in South Africa in 2017, Naija News gathered.