
By Kim Wong Shing
Poachers, WATCH OUT!
First there was that pride of lions who killed a bunch of poachers in 2018. And more recently, an elephant and another pride of lions in South Africa have joined in on the anti-poacher duties.
A rhino poacher in Kruger National Park in South Africa was trampled to death by an elephant. Then his remains were eaten by a pride of lions.
All that was left of the man at the end? A skull and a pair of pants which people have said it’s Karma at work and expressed schadenfruede – pleasure derived by someone from other person’s misfortune.
The man was hunting for rhinoceroses illegally with four other poachers; those four are now in police custody.

“Entering Kruger National Park illegally and on foot is not wise, it holds many dangers and this incident is evidence of that,” park manager Glenn Phillips said in a statement through South African National Parks.
It’s a tragic story, but honestly, it also looks a lot like karma. People on social media are straight-up rejoicing that justice was served.
Kruger National Park is South Africa’s largest game reserve. It’s in northeastern South Africa, and it borders Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
The park offers plenty of activities for wildlife lovers, from guided safaris to hotel stays.
Unfortunately, the park also draws the attention of poachers in search of rhino horns. South Africa is home to over 80% of the world’s rhinos, per the New York Times. In 2017 alone, 504 rhinos were successfully poached in the park, reported the Daily Maverick.
Park rangers arrest hundreds of poachers each year, but they can’t catch everyone.
This month, some of the park’s OTHER wildlife stepped up to the plate to protect the rhinos from poachers. Namely, an elephant and a pride of lions.
According to local reports, a group of poachers entered the national park in search of a rhino to poach. The group was suddenly trampled by an elephant, and one man was killed.
The other men carried the man’s body to a road so that he’d be discovered by passersby in the morning, and they called one of his relatives to let them know what happened. Then they notified the police, who dispatched Kruger National Park rangers to locate the body.
But when rangers did finally find the man’s remains, all they found was a skull and a pair of pants. The man had been devoured by a pride of lions.