Elephant kills poacher in South Africa, park officials suspect

[Jilly_in_VA]

An alleged poacher was found dead and likely killed by an elephant on Thursday, according to a South African national park.

Kruger National Park tweeted a "suspected poacher" was killed by an elephant and "left behind by his accomplices." No animals were killed in the immediate area.

Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals. The park warned "it is dangerous to hunt illegally" in the area.

"Criminals stand to lose their lives and freedom," Kruger National Park tweeted. The park, located in northeastern South Africa, is the nation's largest national park, according to Britannica.com.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/23/south-african-national-park-elephant-killed-poacher/6153682001/
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Chalk up one for the elephants!

[LiberatedUSA]

1. I love these stories.

They always brighten my day.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. ME TOO! nt

[XanaDUer2]

7. mine, too

going shopping now with a smile

[calimary]

14. Yep. Stories like these are ALWAYS welcome.

Sometimes the elephants get the last word. And one less poacher in the world makes the world just a little bit better.

[Aristus]

2. Let's do all we can to help the elephants make poachers become extinct.

Poachers are among the lowest forms of life on Earth, and the planetary ecosystem will not miss them when they're gone...

[malaise]

13. THIS

Wa Don Jr in the area?

[calimary]

15. Probably wanted to be.

Bastard.

[Celerity]

36. Most South African poachers are black, and the mercenaries who hunt the poachers

are mostly white.

Kruger Park, South Africa: Where Black Poachers Are Hunted as Much as Their Prey

[malaise]

39. Thanks

[Fullduplexxx]

4. These feel-good stories always make me feel better

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Kruger is a fantastic park. Good for the elephants.

[XanaDUer2]

6. Made my day!

deer kills hunter is another favorite of mine

[Traildogbob]

8. If God was real

It would have been Jr and Eric, with their poaching guide Nugent. All stomped into a pile of shit.
I would start attending church.

[LymphocyteLover]

16. True that!

[packman]

9. Elephants - 1, Poacher - 0

Greedy, stupid people doing greedy, stupid things - balanced scale of Karma

[Auggie]

10. K&R

[Blue Owl]

11. I can't wait until it's Junior's and Gums' day

Those two are so stupid, you know it's coming...

[keithbvadu2]

12. True hunting

True hunting:::

The challenge of killing a captive bear.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=montgomery+gentry+bear+killing

[Historic NY]

17. Elphants win again

[dalton99a]

18. Excellent.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. pachyderms 1 hoomans 0

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Karma works

[Pepsidog]

21. Happy to hear

[LW1977]

22. All there really is to say is..

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[LW1977]

23. Any word on if the traitor tot was in South Africa?

[niyad]

24. Yayyyy for elephants!

[durablend]

25. The buzzards will be eating good!

[sarisataka]

26. Action must be taken against the killer elephant

It must be located and given a verbal warning that violence will not be tolerated. If it continues to kill poachers it may receive a sternly worded letter.

[Demovictory9]

27. ha!

[Martin Eden]

28. May a similar fate befall TFG Jr.

I just hope no animals are harmed in the process.

[Equomba]

29. In a similar event,

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a poacher was not only trampled by an elephant, his body was then eaten by a pride of lions!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47843999

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[Raine]

35. Absolutely perfect!!! 🦁 😆 👍 nt

[Celerity]

37. The lions must have had a time machine

South Africa: Poacher killed by elephant then eaten by lions

Published 7 April 2019

[Equomba]

40. Whoops!

I googled the storyline and thought it was the same incident.

But a good story nonetheless!

[Duppers]

30. Bravo !! K&R

Wish Asians would stop buying ivory.

China is a huge market, making killing elephants more profitable.

[Takket]

31. with so much wrong with the world, always appreciate an uplifting story! Thanks!

[JustAnotherGen]

32. They are evolving

They are learning to never trust us.

Interesting article:
https://www.popsci.com/science/elephant-poaching-tuskless/

It also had another unintended impact on the animals, scientists reported this week. Female elephants without any tusks became much more common after the conflict. When the researchers examined population records and genetic material from park-dwelling elephants, they found that this trait rose swiftly as a response to poaching, and they pinned down several genes that may cause it.

“This study highlights the ubiquity of human influence across the tree of life,” says Shane Campbell-Staton, an evolutionary biologist at Princeton University, who published the findings on October 21 in Science. “Even the largest organisms on the planet are not just being affected by population decline…we’re literally changing the trajectory of their evolution moving forward.”

I adore animals and elephants are grand. They FEEL.

Sooner than later - they will fight back.

[Marcuse]

33. !

[Raine]

34. Who says there no such thing as good news ... HURRAY!!! 👍😁 nt

[roamer65]

38. Very cool!