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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lunkerslayer" data-source="post: 46521" data-attributes="member: 217"><a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/pride-of-lions-kills-five-poachers/" target="_blank">http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/pride-of-lions-kills-five-poachers/</a>Wow, Karma! Pride of Lions Kills 5 Poachers in Sneak Attack“The men were visibly traumatized by the attack,” <a href="http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/zimbabwe-pride-of-lions-kills-5-poachers-and-injures-3-others/" target="_blank">said</a> Commissioner-General Chihuri,“and after seeing their injuries and the remains of their dead comrades, I can see why. These guys were tough criminals carrying ak-47s, but they were literally shred to pieces and devoured by the lions. I have never seen an animal attack reach this level of violence, and I have seen a lot!”Chihuri’s statement highlights the idiocy of poaching. Equipped with guns and plenty of ego, these men, and all others who poach, trek into nature with a feeling of invincibility unparalleled in nature. While, yes, humans have succeeded <a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/powerful-picture-of-wildlife-reserve-worker-weeping-next-to-poached-rhino-shows-the-impact-of-our-greed/" target="_blank">countless times</a> at killing animals, there is <a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/trophy-hunter-trampled-to-death-by-elephant-he-was-trying-to-hunt/" target="_blank">no guarantee</a> that they will succeed every time. Wild animals may not have had the same technological advancements as humans but they do have one thing that can never be taken from them – an instinct to survive.This pride of lions attacked the way they would attack anyone – zebra, giraffe, rhino, human – it’s all the same to them. At the end of the day, it is simply someone trying to harm their family. The <a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/the-african-lion-is-endangered-what-is-the-government-waiting-for/" target="_blank">African lion</a> is endangered due to rampant poaching and trophy hunting and may very well go extinct within our lifetime if something is not done. While this incident is tragic in that lives were lost, the fact is that had this gone “according to plan” lives would have still been lost, simply the other way around. What’s really tragic is that this whole ordeal could have been <a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/villages-combating-poaching-and-protecting-elephants/" target="_blank">avoided</a> if these men had respected the Parks and Wildlife Act and kept out of park. Instead, they will wait to appear in court where they face sentences of up to 25 years in jail and fines of up to $100,000. We hope that the deaths of these men are not in vain and that they at least serve as a spark that encourages poachers to ask themselves: is this all really worth it?Image Source: Pixabay</blockquote>

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