Poacher tried to shoot rhinos but was trampled to death by elephants instead

a month ago by fireweed to c/nottheonion

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/70943647

An armed rhino poacher in South Africa’s Kruger National Park was trampled to death when a herd of elephants charged as he lined up a shot for the animals’ lucrative horns

toomanypancakes 88 points a month ago

I love a happy ending to a story

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aeronmelon 58 points a month ago

Nature is healing.

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SharkAttak 23 points a month ago

No no, nature is hurting

...the right ones.

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hanrahan 4 points a month ago

yeah. but no, we're currently in a sixth mass extinction, no matter how many orca attack boats or elephants trample poachers, nature is losing and losing fast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CmnQD3QHeY

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Trebuchet 40 points a month ago

Had to check this wasn't posted in Uplifting News

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fireweed 24 points a month ago

There's always the cross-post feature!

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huppakee 7 points a month ago

Yes but c/upliftingnews does not like schadenfreude so this post would likely be removed, same goes for c/goodnewseveryone.

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lemmyng 13 points a month ago

Technically it belongs in Downtrodding News.

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fartographer 33 points a month ago

"Now the hunter... Has become hun- dead. Oh, that's definitely dead..."

ETA:

A Kruger National Park source said: “The two ran in different directions but the one lining up the shot was the slowest to his feet and the elephants went for him first. He was quickly over run and the elephants trampled him into the earth and all that we found was basically a very large blood stain around the clothing he was in.

Rapid-fire comments:

That's the most Looney Toons death ever
I guess the elephants herd some danger
Imagine making such fucked choices that your family could collect your remains in rags and buckets

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dickalan 7 points a month ago

amazing. you're great

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switcheroo 33 points a month ago

Good. Deserved. Nice to see elephants looking out for their tank bros.

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rants_unnecessarily 6 points a month ago

Tank holds agro while dps comes from behind.

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Lushed_Lungfish 23 points a month ago

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ouRKaoS 14 points a month ago

MTG Overrun

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ryannathans 21 points a month ago

Elephants are pretty smart, they probably knew exactly what they were doing and why

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hansolo 12 points a month ago

That's potentially true. Elephants in highly poached areas know the difference between rangers with guns there to protect them, and guys with guns there to poach.

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phoenixz 21 points a month ago

Good

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Rozauhtuno 21 points a month ago

Good 😁

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Insekticus 21 points a month ago

I'll upvote every single comment in this thread, and for all time, whenever someone praises a dirty poacher getting killed by the wildlife the vile cunts are hunting. It warms my heart knowing there are people that care enough for wildlife out there.

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ayyy 15 points a month ago

Why isn’t it more socially acceptable to discuss why, or more specifically who is causing these horns to be so valuable?

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1984 4 points a month ago

It's not? Depends on what social group you mean here I guess.

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Pratai 14 points a month ago

Love that for him!

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Jaysyn 13 points a month ago

Fortunately nothing of value was lost.

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Blibly 12 points a month ago

¯\(ツ)/¯

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kokesh 12 points a month ago

Love this so much! One fucker less.

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tquid 8 points a month ago

Oh no!

Anyway

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huppakee 8 points a month ago

Leopard ate elephant trampled his face.

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fyzzlefry 7 points a month ago

Neat

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AzuranAurora 7 points a month ago

Ha-ha!

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ripcord 5 points a month ago

Good

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Idontwanttowork 4 points a month ago

Elephant "er....here we go again...."

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1984 2 points a month ago

Some good news today, thank you.

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RustyLog 0 points a month ago

Fuck China!

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