Chalk up a win (or three) for the Lions!! Good job!! Too bad the big bad trump boys weren't in that group!!

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Lionesses do most of the hunting.

these 3 will not be missed.

My cruel adopted father was an International big game hunter who had SO MANY trophies of his "kills". And he had many videos of those horrible events where he was laughing and jumping on their bodies. Needless to say we didn't get along at all. I saw him on his death bed in the hospital, where they had to tie down his arms....and I saw the FEAR in his eyes. All I could think of was...Karma IS a Bitch. I love all animals, and I don't feel bad for the murderers of them.

That's a pretty stunning feat considering.

...little bit. Bon appetit, lions!

Both simple justice and poetic justice. Karma in this case is a hungry carnivore (karma-vore?) They got what they deserved.

I didn't know that much about dear Cecil and it broke my heart to read about his ordeal.

I just briefly googled it and his pride is doing well along with his Cubs.

But it's still a tragedy.

why would anyone want to hurt these beautiful animals.

We sort of adopted a feral cat around the same time that Cecil was killed. We named him Cecil. He was a Himalayan. We were never able to tame him, but we provided as well as we could for him. He stopped showing up last year after a couple of years of our efforts.

RIP both Cecil the Lion and Cecil the Cat.

You made my day!

that is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's awesome!

Mom and cub were in cage. Mom's tail was switching. Cub bit into mom's tail. Mom swatted cup across the floor.

around and when they got out of line he let them know it.

lions? Can't say I blame them if they did.

But I wouldn’t be surprised if the thought crossed my mind if I were in their shoes...

Go King of the Jungle!

Silly, sick pun.

Count me on Team Lion. Now, if only we could revisit the whole Cecil the lion-killing dentist episode.

Not gonna apologize, this made me feel better than anything I've read in a week. I actually smiled as I read.😊

I hope this event has the added effect of scaring potential poachers away for good.

females are generally the hunters in the lion world. Unlike other cats, they do hunt in groups.

Ladies!

NOT!

But I used to, only for subsistence not for trophies or "Sport".

But isn't the fact that you're carrying loaded weapons and are actually trying to kill an animal in lion country give you a slight amount of the "be prepared" mindset?.

Three of them seem to have forgotten the scouts motto, but that's ok, less dead Rhinos and the lions didn't miss a meal.

"For Sale, three rifles, never fired"

It's RawStory.

In this case it was the Times of London and the Daily Mail. You're quite a doubter, to doubt those sources.

always a helpful indicator in judging the value of a person's posts.

don't know anything about the Times but it's always good to see who else is reporting some amazing scoop that one British tabloid has about events on another continent. They publish some incredible stuff about the US all the time that no US source can corroborate.

Some people dismiss Raw Story. It is just a news compilation site they usually link to the original piece which may be a longer fleshed out article.
We here at DU do the same thing. I go there to get a brief overview of what’s going on and follow the original article. When I come here I find the same headlines but at least here there may be intelligent insight into the subject.

I don't dismiss them. I take them with a grain of salt. They often publish headlines that are not backed up by the story in anyway at all, use highly questionable sources with no additional backup, and take the Fox route of making news.

They have often published great stories. I simply take them with a grain of salt. Good rule to live by when it comes to RawStory.

that they linked from, or I google to find a better source. I will not share from a site that posts so many sensationalist and misleading headlines.

Appreciate your input.

Of an old friend.

“Most Wounds Are Self Inflicted.”

so I can go around inflicting punishment upon whoever I want and it will always be Self-Inflicted!

But I don't. Hope they were tasty.

I hope they don't get indigestion from eating something so rotten.

Lions

I don't blame those kitties at all.

Except I am too happy about the large mammals that will continue to exist on this earth because these three men are dead.

A 'tragic" outcome as poachers unwittingly stumble their way into the food chain.

with their shiny guns and such.

Even the Daily Mail commenters are happy about the poachers getting their just due.

=^_^=

I have less difficult a time bemoaning their luckless fate.

Poachers dead...rhinos get to live...lions rule...seems like a win

they tasted just like chickens

I guess...

Tastes!

First time Lions have won anything significant in a long time. I'm looking at you Detroit.

the more lions and other predators will take advantage of this easy prey. Maybe stupid poachers will get a clue? I know that’s an oxymoron.

We need many moar lions. This story made my day.

Most of the poachers are dirt poor people trying to feed, educate, and clothe thwir children.

They are desperate and I feel sorry for them. What would you do if it was your children or a rhino?

Granted, were the actual dealers the guys who were eaten, I might have a different opinion, bit this is not something to celebrate.

Basicy, it's dirt poor men trying desperately to make some money where no opportunity exists we're ised by rich cartels and wound up killed by lions.

endangered rhinos.

Not buying it.

Rhino poachers inflict horrible cruelty on the animals they prey upon.

Not feeling sorry for those creeps for one single moment.

Go grave dance some more.

who do not resort to cruelty to improve their circumstances.

But thanks, I will grave dance some more.

No one is questioning the serious issue of poverty.

But being in poverty is no excuse for cruelty.

These men (presumably men) went into a protected area with the intent to commit heinous crimes. There is no excuse for that. None. Zip. Nada. They took their chances, and lost. No pity.

That's not an excuse, nor is it cruel, that's survival.

To inflict needless pain on a fellow creature.

Again, millions of their fellow citizens are choosing NOT to do these horrific things.

You can't get medicine for, your opinion is blather.

Are you poor? I mean third world poor? Can you afford food? Medicine? Clothing?

Tell me how you were starving but refused to eat a chicken to spare it's life....

First. World. Judgement.

I am not poor now, but I have been.

I was homeless most of my childhood.

But, wow, somehow my parents never turned to violent crime because we were homeless.

And if your parents got welfare, Medicaid, or WIC your experience is not comparable.

I am also presenting facts.

1) Millions of people live in poverty without poaching.

2) Poaching is a violent CRIME as well as being CRUELTY for NOTHING. There is nothing magic about rhino horn. It is the same as our fingernails.

3) There are too many people on the planet, and not enough rhinos. And I say this as a mother whose only child died. So I know the pain of parental loss. I didn't run out and commit crimes to save my child.

There IS NO EXCUSE FOR POACHING!

The same. I don't and never will. I like meat, leather, and geletin.

There's nothing magical about humans that make us better.

In fact, everything we do as a species proves that we're generally worse.