Rhino poacher 'trampled to death by elephants then eaten by lions' at Kruger National Park in South Africa
A POACHER hunting rhinos in the Kruger National Park met a grisly end after being trampled to death by an elephant and then eaten by a pride of hungry lions.
They described how an angry elephant surprised them as they stalked endangered rhino and stamped their friend to death giving them a chance to run for safety. “It was very sad to see the daughters of the deceased man mourning the loss of their father, and worse still, only being able to recover very little of his remains.”owner of Sibuya Game Reserve
Owner Nick Fox said a head and a number of bloodied parts and limbs were recovered along with just a single empty shoe and their high powered hunting rifles and an axe.
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