Rhino Poacher Trampled By Elephant, Devoured By Lions

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No sympathy whatsoever.

From The New York Times:

A man suspected of being a rhino poacher was killed last week by an elephant and his remains devoured by a pride of lions at a South African park, officials said.

Rangers at Kruger National Park and other searchers found only a human skull and a pair of pants, the park said in a statement dated Friday.

Four of the dead man’s accomplices were arrested, the authorities said.

The man’s accomplices told his relatives that they had been in the park to poach rhinos on Tuesday night when he was killed by an elephant, according to the local authorities.

Since 2008, more than 7,000 rhinos have been hunted illegally, with 1,028 killed in 2017, according to the South African Department of Environmental Affairs.

"an angry elephant surprised them as they stalked endangered rhino and stamped their friend to death giving them a chance to run for safety." https://t.co/mRCwW4UfN1 You don't have to run faster than the elephant, just faster than your fellow poacher.

— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) April 7, 2019

Endangered rhino poacher gets trampled to death by an elephant before being eaten by lions https://t.co/5T0xmrL7Xu pic.twitter.com/JbH0sIUURL

— LADbible (@ladbible) April 6, 2019

Rhino poacher gets trampled by elephants and eaten by lions at South African national park. https://t.co/ZWKwOfDkIi pic.twitter.com/zwSDqzeKen

— Complex (@Complex) April 7, 2019