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Jilly_in_VA

(13,674 posts)
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 10:48 AM Oct 2021

Elephant kills poacher in South Africa, park officials suspect [View all]

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!

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I love these stories. LiberatedUSA Oct 2021 #1
ME TOO! nt Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #3
mine, too XanaDUer2 Oct 2021 #7
Yep. Stories like these are ALWAYS welcome. calimary Oct 2021 #14
Let's do all we can to help the elephants make poachers become extinct. Aristus Oct 2021 #2
THIS malaise Oct 2021 #13
Probably wanted to be. calimary Oct 2021 #15
Most South African poachers are black, and the mercenaries who hunt the poachers Celerity Oct 2021 #36
Thanks malaise Oct 2021 #39
These feel-good stories always make me feel better Fullduplexxx Oct 2021 #4
Kruger is a fantastic park. Good for the elephants. sinkingfeeling Oct 2021 #5
Made my day! XanaDUer2 Oct 2021 #6
If God was real Traildogbob Oct 2021 #8
True that! LymphocyteLover Oct 2021 #16
Elephants - 1, Poacher - 0 packman Oct 2021 #9
K&R Auggie Oct 2021 #10
I can't wait until it's Junior's and Gums' day Blue Owl Oct 2021 #11
True hunting keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #12
Elphants win again Historic NY Oct 2021 #17
Excellent. dalton99a Oct 2021 #18
pachyderms 1 hoomans 0 AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #19
Karma works LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #20
Happy to hear Pepsidog Oct 2021 #21
All there really is to say is.. LW1977 Oct 2021 #22
Any word on if the traitor tot was in South Africa? LW1977 Oct 2021 #23
Yayyyy for elephants! niyad Oct 2021 #24
The buzzards will be eating good! durablend Oct 2021 #25
Action must be taken against the killer elephant sarisataka Oct 2021 #26
ha! Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #27
May a similar fate befall TFG Jr. Martin Eden Oct 2021 #28
In a similar event, Equomba Oct 2021 #29
Absolutely perfect!!! 🦁 😆 👍 nt Raine Oct 2021 #35
The lions must have had a time machine Celerity Oct 2021 #37
Whoops! Equomba Oct 2021 #40
Bravo !! K&R Duppers Oct 2021 #30
with so much wrong with the world, always appreciate an uplifting story! Thanks! Takket Oct 2021 #31
They are evolving JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #32
! Marcuse Oct 2021 #33
Who says there no such thing as good news ... HURRAY!!! 👍😁 nt Raine Oct 2021 #34
Very cool! roamer65 Oct 2021 #38
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