Zimbabwe: Man-Eating Lions Haunt Kariba

By Larry Habegger and Laurie Weed | Permalink | No Comments | March 13th, 2013 | Trackback

The northern resort town of Kariba has been on “man-eater watch” since two people were killed by lions in the same week. Kariba is a tourist destination known for safari camps and water-based activities such as houseboating and fishing excursions. All of the lion sightings occurred in the poorer and more populated suburbs of Mahombekombe, where frightened residents are “seeing lions in every shadow,” officials said. Authorities hunted down and killed three rogue lions that had mauled and partially eaten an elderly man and a woman from the same neighborhood, and two more lions have been reported roaming in the area. Local wildlife experts say that once a lion has killed a human being, it becomes a serious threat to other humans and must be put down.

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