Half-eaten wife used as bait to trap killer Tanzanian lion

[emad]

BBC News snip

Tanzanian police have vowed to act after a villager laced with poison his wife's remains to catch a killer lion.

Police told the BBC they will wipe out the rogue lions that are terrorising villages in the southern Lindi area.

When Selemani Ngongwechile found his wife's half-eaten body, he calmly poisoned it, knowing the lion would return for the rest of its "meal".

His plan worked, killing the lion, but the police say they will use more orthodox methods.

More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3808735.stm

[Guaranteed]

1. Wow...that's a real man, right there.

I'm sorry for him...but, the guy has guts.

[I thought so.]

2. What?

Why would you post this? Do you think its humorous? I didn't laugh.
Did you?

[Guaranteed]

4. I think it's something that this guy had the character,

whether one agrees with what he did or not, to use the remains of his wife to kill that lion. That in itself is worth hearing the story.

[WillParkinson]

3. So it's OK to for people to kill and eat animals...

But not the other way around?

I'll remember that the next time someone talks to me about survival of the fittest.

[Guaranteed]

5. Well, I suppose it's "okay" both ways

in that we don't really have much say-so in the lion community.

It's just that we're a lot better at it...when we have our tools.

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. As I always say! Recycle, recycle, recycle. n/t