A rhinoceros poacher in a South Africa wildlife preserve was stomped to death by an elephant and eaten by lions, authorities said. Rangers at Kruger National Park found his skull and trousers.
A lion lies on a road in Kruger National Park. Authorities at the South African park found the skull and pants of a rhino poacher they said was stomped by an elephant and eaten by lions.
The world's rhinos are in danger of being hunted to extinction. They are prized for their horns, which are ground up and used in traditional Chinese medicine as a supposed cure for a variety of ailments. After the death of the poacher, whose name and nationality were not released, relatives asked park officials to help recover the body. Rangers searched on the ground and by air but did not find the remains before it got dark, Phaahla said.
"The next day, our field rangers searched in the bush and made the gruesome discovery," Phaahla said."There was a pride of lions nearby which apparently had devoured his body."
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