Sensitive images: a hunter was crushed by an elephant and the lions ate his corpse

April 8, 2019

A rhino hunter entered a national park, but an elephant crashed it. His remains were devoured by a flock of lions.

Authorities in a national park have reported that one hunter He was crushed by an elephant and devoured by the lions. It was his relatives who denounced his death and warned the authorities that the victim was with three people at the time of his death and that they had escaped.

The tragic event occurred in Kruger National Park in South Africa. The hunter He had entered with three other people to hunt rhinos, but had been crushed by an elephant. At that time, the people who accompanied him fled, but alerted the family about what had happened.

The family informed the park, which began an aerial and ground search to find the remains of the hunterafter being dead because he was crushed by the elephant. "Our rangers searched the area and unfortunately discovered a skull, the only remaining part of the deceased," park spokesman Isaac Phaahla told AFP.

He also added that a pack of lions was in the same area and that it was thought that they had devoured the body of the victim. hunter. The only thing left was the skull and pants

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The companions of hunter deceased have been arrested. They confiscated their shotguns and ammunition for no license. Kruger National Park Executive Director Glenn Philips extended his condolences to the family, adding, "Entering Kruger National Park illegally and on foot is not safe, it is fraught with danger and this incident proves it. is very sad to see the girls crying for their father and even worse to have recovered so little of their remains.

The horn of a rhinoceros is worth $ 9,000 a pound in Asia. It is a precious object in traditional Chinese medicine and is considered a status symbol. Since 2008, more than 7,000 rhinos have been hunted illegally. In 2017, more than 1,000 were killed. These data were disseminated by the Department of Environmental Affairs of South Africa.

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