The tables were turned on a gang of poachers this week when they were eaten by a pride of lions after breaking into a South African game reserve, presumably in an effort to kill the park’s rhinos.
Anti-poaching rangers on a routine patrol in the Sibuya Game Reserve, near Kenton-on-Sea in Eastern Province, found the remains of the hunters, along with high-powered rifles, an axe, wire-cutters and enough food and water for several days. They also recovered three pairs of shoes, indicating that there were most likely three victims.
“We’re not sure how many there were – there’s not much left of them,” stated Nick Fox, owner of the reserve.
After alerting authorities, the reserve’s vet tranquilised the lions so that police and anti-poaching units could retrieve the human remains and search for further clues.
There are six lions in the pride, which act as “watch-dogs” to help protect the resident rhinos from poachers.
“They came heavily armed with hunting rifles and axes which we have recovered and enough food to last them for several days so we suspect they were after all of our rhinos here,’ said Mr Fox. “But the lions are our watchers and guardians and they picked the wrong pride and became a meal.”
Since the incident, police have been patrolling the area on the chance that any of the poachers survived.
Sibuya Game Reserve is an ecotourism destination that not only offers protection to the animals that call the park home, they also provide guests with a chance to see the wildlife in spectacular natural habitats. Home to the “Big 5” iconic African animals, the park also runs the Sibuya Rhino Foundation, with proceeds from all guest bookings going into a rhino anti-poaching fund.
In 2016, poachers managed to access the park and kill two female rhinos – both mothers to young calves. A male rhino was also injured during the attack, in which the horns were hacked off the slaughtered animals.
So far this year, nine rhinos have been killed in East Cape Reserves. All were shot with high powered rifles and the poachers have not yet been caught.
Although poaching remains a massive threat to the rhino populations of South Africa, this is one case in which nature thwarted these ruthless criminals and protected her own.
“Whilst we are saddened at any loss of life, the poachers came here to kill our animals and this sends out a very clear message to any other poachers that you will not always be the winner,” said Mr Fox.
Sends a very clear message, they should take notice and stop cruelty towards animals.
I love it… would like to hear news of this nature EVERY SINGLE DAY…
Karma! Couldn’t have happened to 3 more deserving assholes!!!
Thank goodness, justice prevailed and the good guys survived.
Great work lions.
i love it when this happens… any body who goes after killing animals deserves what they get!
Karma may be called a bitch, but in this case, I think she’s absolutely adorable (-:
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!!!
No sympathy, humans are always killing animals for profit. leave the animals alone
I’m afraid it’s just what they deserved I have no sympathy what so ever. Leave wild animals to live in peace
Fair enough
Well…what do they say..”what goes around..comes around”…this to me is KARMA!!!
Good serves them right! .
Einen Nachteil hat dieser Erfolg; die ganze Welt weiß jetzt – aufgrund internationaler Pressemitteilungen – dass es diese Löwen als Wachpersonal im Nationalpark gibt und jetzt müssen sie auch verstärkt auf ihre Löwen achten, denn die menschlichen Bestien und Übeltäter sterben nicht aus, sondern das Gegenteil ist der Fall. Es gibt einfach zu viele abgrundschlechte animalische Bestien auf der Welt. 777
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The poacher deserved to be eaten, Karma exists.
No it does not, GOD RULES EVERYTHING. ‘ karma’ superstitious rubbish.
I believe in God..but I also believe..what u put out there..comes back to u..if u do bad..bad comes back to u..and these poachers got what they deserved..every life matters..even the life of animals..we are all Go’d creations..so every life deserves a chance to live
Right!
Well done, lions. There are three zombies less in this world, and you helped to remove the scum. Best news of the week.
Thank you, lions, may God be with you!
Don’t bother any of God’s special creatures, he just might allow them to take a bite out of crime!
It’s good to hear that the tables were turned on these animal murderers. The lions did their job well!
YESSSS!!!! I LOVE THAT THESE A$$HOLES GOT KILLED!!! THEY DESERVE IT!!! ITS NOT OFTEN WE HEAR GOOD NEWS LIKE THIS!!! IF ONLY EVERY SINGLE ANIMAL (OR HUMAN) ABUSER DIED LIKE THIS, THEN THE PLANET WOULD ACTUALLY BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE!!!! GOOOO LIONS!!!
I can say I am not sorry for the loss of these poachers’ lives.
.I’d love to see this happen a lot more often.
And I really love all the other comments here.
Not one tear shed for those POS scumbag murderers.
Go lions!! Hope they’ll do it again next chance they get.
Wow seems none of us is saddened by the loss of those poachers. Seems we feel they got what they deserved. It’s about time the animals were able to turn the tables on the scum of the earth. I actually jumped for joy when I read the story. My only hope, was that the lions weren’t going to be punished for eating those pieces of crap. The first thing people tend to do when an animal tries and is justified in defending itself against humans, is to destroy the animal (as if their lives are any less important than a humans’). I was so happy to hear those poachers got what ws coming to them. OH WELL, NEXXXXT! It probably would be nice to get rid of all the poachers that way. The animals could be trial and jury and get their own justice, since the laws aren’t doing it. How about next, they could work on the hunters. Works for me.
Works for me, too!
I doubt if they will be destroyed..they are the protectors of the other animals in the preserve…they only did what comes naturally..and I for one..applaud their actions..poachers are evil people and need to be punished..these poaches received the ultimate punishment
Sadly they may just have to kill them I read somewhere that they needed to get the body parts out of them so unless they’ve gotten tranquilize them and then open them up which is going to be a hell of a lot of work and they’re going to have to put those animals back into the wild with stitches which kept could get infected I can’t imagine they’re going to go through all that I have a feeling that they will just kill the Lions
those poor men , imagine being hunted and ripped apart probably consumed while still alive . BWAAAAAAA , lmao r.i.p rest in pain scum bags ! the only thing i wish for is that it had been video taped so we could have watched it over n over when we needed some laughter in our lives .
Great work lions.
Those Lions are H – E- R- O- E- S ! ! ! We Need Their Help All Over Africa!!!
BRILLIANTLY APPROPRIATE RESULT!!
It serves the poachers right. They deserved it. I just wish there was more justice like that
Very appropriate ending
Karma’s a bitch.
Very unfortunate about the poachers. But what goes around comes around. They went there to killed, and karma got them. Perhaps a lesson for others, in future. Still unfortunate,though.
I have no remorse for these poachers They are sadistic and will do what they need to do for money. what goes around comes around Humans are the most dangerous predators on our planet go Lions
I love when animals serve their own justice!!! Hope they get everyone of these lowlife poachers
Kudos to the lions. May they continue to kill and eat as many poachers as they possibly can. The only good poacher is a dead one, I expect the lions would have loved to hang the poachers heads on the nearby trees!!!!!.
Thanks for the big laugh. But why stress the lions? Why bother removing the poachers’ remains from the lions’ digestive tracks? Who cares?
They didn’t remove the remains of the poachers from the lion’s stomachs, they tranquilised the lions so that they could get all the evidence that the poachers were there. The lions were not harmed in any way whatsoever!
Just wish the Trumps and that appalling woman who shot the rare black giraffe would try it on with these lions…
A job well done, lions!
Society needs to close the door on markets for any item made from an animal horn. When will we learn?
THE GOVERNMENTS IN AFRICA ARE SO CORUPT…THEY SELL THE DEATHS TO HUNTERS…PLAIN AND SIMPLE GAME HUNTING AND POACHING SHOULD STOP!
poach this bitches!
You will reap what you sow.
This time the animals won.
😀
KARMA INDEED! Well they won’t be going after any more rhinos. We’ll done lions! And a nice supper for u all!
Oh how I love stories like this! Those ****** got their just rewards! (and the lions got their just desserts!) LOL A scary story with a super happy ending; those lions were there to protect the rhinos, and they did their job! They should be rewarded for a job well done… or should I say “raw”.
Can you spell K-A-R-M-A!!!
GOOD. I have no sympathy for them, and besides lions have to eat also.
These poachers met their fate and I’m happy the lions won. It’s a gruesome way to die but they got what they deserve. Hopefully this will deter many more poachers.
KARMA SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET KARMA! LOVE IT! IF THIS DOESN’T SEND A HARD MESSAGE OF “BACK OFF OF HUNTING OUR WILDLIFE!!!” I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL!
GOOD FOR THAT PRIDE!
The rhinos should all be in similar reserves guarded by lions
good that will teach them. they cant go out no more killing any animals.
good they cant kill no more of these lovely animals. I hope this will teach all the poachers not to go out killing them.
One up for the lions the poachers got what they deserved hope it serves as a deterant to others
If their household was entered by someone that was threatening them they would shoot them. These animals are protecting themselves and rightly so. Stay home and maybe you won’t have to worry about being eaten. It was their own fault. They didn’t belong in the animals home.
Hope the lions kill more poachers.