Poetic Justice
by digby
Only a skull and a pair of trousers remained after a suspected rhino poacher was killed by an elephant and then eaten by lions in Kruger National Park, South African National Parks said.
The incident happened after the man entered the park Monday with four others to target rhinos, according to a parks service statement.An elephant “suddenly” attacked the alleged poacher, killing him, and “his accomplices claimed to have carried his body to the road so that passersby could find it in the morning. They then vanished from the Park,” police said.His family were notified of his death late Tuesday by his fellow poachers, and a search party set out to recover the body. Rangers scoured on foot and police flew over the area, but because of failing light it could not be found.Botswana’s ‘significant’ elephant-poaching problem
The search resumed Thursday morning and, with the help of added field rangers, police discovered what was left of his body.
Police say they arrested three men and seized guns following the alleged poacher’s death.
“Indications found at the scene suggested that a pride of lions had devoured the remains leaving only a human skull and a pair of pants,” the statement said.
I’m sorry for the man’s family and I’m sure he needed the money. But poaching protected wild animals is a terrible crime. There is some justice in this I’m sorry to say.
I think something even worse should happen to people who do this:
A trophy hunter seen sneaking up on a sleeping lion and killing it in a viral video has been identified as 64-year-old Illinois man.
The video, purportedly filmed during a guided hunt in Zimbabwe in 2011, has been widely shared after the Twitter account @Protect_Wildlife posted it Monday. It shows a bearded man pumping three shots into an unsuspecting male lion before being congratulated by his gushing guide.
The Daily Mail identified the hunter as Guy Gorney of Manhattan, Ill. Gorney is not exactly a stranger to hunting controversy. In 2015, he boasted to CBS of killing at least 70 big game animals, including elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, buffalos and leopards.
In the interview, Gorney expressed no remorse for his bloodthirsty hobby.
“I have a hard time understanding, if you have a picture of somebody with a deer, nobody seems to care. But if it’s an elephant, it’s a big problem. If it’s a lion – especially now – it’s a huge problem,” he told CBS. “But to me, either way, I’ve stopped a beating heart.”
Predictably, the video was greeted with outrage and disgust. One Twitter user suggested that boiling water be poured over the hunter while he’s sleeping; another proposed that he be fed alive to a pride of lions. Yet another person sarcastically commented, “A sleeping lion, wow what a big man!”
“To see such a magnificent beast lying fast asleep in its natural habitat as it was shot dead has reduced many who’ve seen it to tears of shock and anger.
“But Gorney, a 64-year-old from Manhattan, Illinois, doesn’t give a damn what we think.
“The scumbag’s Facebook page depicts him proudly posing with a dead lion.”
However, the only Guy Gorney page we could find on Facebook showed no photos of animal trophies and just a single post — a notice that his profile picture picture was updated Wednesday morning. The page appeared to have been scrubbed of all other content.
But the page’s “likes” indicated Gorney is a fan of hunting outfitters and safaris, TV shows and videos about hunting, and Ted Nugent.
I’m not embedding the video. You don’t want to see it. This man is a grotesque psychopath as far as I’m concerned.
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