A pack of lions devoured three hunters in search of rhinoceros

Their bodies seemed mutilated in the middle of the field. It arrived in the Sibuya private reserve.

At least three hunters pursuing rhinos in a private reserve in South Africa have been devoured by local lions. Among other things, the hunters entered the Sibuya reserve on Monday morning and the next day they appeared dead and their bodies mutilated. Said the owner, Nick Fox.

"They found themselves in the middle of a pack of lions, a large group apparently, and did not have a lot of time to react," says the owner of the reserve near the city of Kenton. "We do not know how many were (the hunters), there was not much left," said Fox, who acknowledged that "we found the clothes of three people."

On his side , the local police spokesman, Mali Govender, said the investigators had sent human remains to forensic experts, along with their weapons, to determine whether they were being used for illegal hunting or criminality. 20,000 r Innocent, in South Africa, accounts for 80% of the total population of these animals in Africa.

Since 2013, more than 1,000 rhinos have been killed each year by poachers who extract their horns for sale in Asian markets. ] Products made from rhinoceros horn are very popular in China and Vietnam, where this raw material is badociated with social success and is credited with healing and aphrodisiac properties.