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Poacher tried to shoot rhinos but was trampled to death by elephants instead
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fireweed lemmy.world fireweed@lemmy.world
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An armed rhino poacher in South Africa’s Kruger National Park was trampled to death when a herd of elephants charged as he lined up a shot for the animals’ lucrative horns

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Phoenixz lemmy.ca phoenixz@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-10
#2 · Quote Reply

Good

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-26
#3 · Quote Reply

Nature is healing.

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Trebuchet europe.pub Trebuchet@europe.pub
Joined: 2025-06-04
#4 · Quote Reply

Had to check this wasn't posted in Uplifting News

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toomanypancakes crazypeople.online toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online
Joined: 2026-05-14
#5 · Quote Reply

I love a happy ending to a story

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fireweed lemmy.world fireweed@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#6 · Quote Reply

Had to check this wasn't posted in Uplifting News

There's always the cross-post feature!

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Blibly lemmy.world Blibly@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-05-01
#7 · Quote Reply

¯\(ツ)/¯

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Rozaŭtuno lemmy.blahaj.zone Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-22
#8 · Quote Reply

Good 😁

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SharkAttak kbin.melroy.org SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-09-23
#9 · Quote Reply

Nature is healing.

No no, nature is hurting

...the right ones.

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switcheroo lemmy.world switcheroo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-01
#10 · Quote Reply

Good. Deserved. Nice to see elephants looking out for their tank bros.

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Insekticus aussie.zone Insekticus@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-09-13
#11 · Quote Reply

I'll upvote every single comment in this thread, and for all time, whenever someone praises a dirty poacher getting killed by the wildlife the vile cunts are hunting. It warms my heart knowing there are people that care enough for wildlife out there.

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Kokesh lemmy.world kokesh@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#12 · Quote Reply

Love this so much! One fucker less.

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AzuranAurora piefed.ca AzuranAurora@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-12-24
#13 · Quote Reply

Ha-ha!

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fartographer lemmy.world fartographer@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-29
#14 · (edited) Quote Reply

"Now the hunter... Has become hun- dead. Oh, that's definitely dead..."

ETA:

A Kruger National Park source said: “The two ran in different directions but the one lining up the shot was the slowest to his feet and the elephants went for him first. He was quickly over run and the elephants trampled him into the earth and all that we found was basically a very large blood stain around the clothing he was in.

Rapid-fire comments:

  • That's the most Looney Toons death ever
  • I guess the elephants herd some danger
  • Imagine making such fucked choices that your family could collect your remains in rags and buckets
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Jaysyn lemmy.world Jaysyn@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-09
#15 · Quote Reply

Fortunately nothing of value was lost.

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Not a newt piefed.ca lemmyng@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-07
#16 · Quote Reply

Had to check this wasn't posted in Uplifting News

Technically it belongs in Downtrodding News.

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Lushed_Lungfish lemmy.ca Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-02-14
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ripcord lemmy.world ripcord@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#18 · Quote Reply

Good

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huppakee lemmy.world huppakee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-05-15
#19 · Quote Reply

Leopard ate elephant trampled his face.

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huppakee lemmy.world huppakee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-05-15
#20 · Quote Reply

There's always the cross-post feature!

Yes but c/upliftingnews does not like schadenfreude so this post would likely be removed, same goes for c/goodnewseveryone.

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ouRKaoS lemmy.today ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-20
#21 · Quote Reply

MTG Overrun

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Idontwanttowork lemmy.world Idontwanttowork@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-14
#22 · Quote Reply

Elephant "er....here we go again...."

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ryannathans aussie.zone ryannathans@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-09-20
#23 · Quote Reply

Elephants are pretty smart, they probably knew exactly what they were doing and why

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tquid sh.itjust.works tquid@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-09
#24 · Quote Reply

Oh no!

Anyway

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Pratai piefed.ca Pratai@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-02-12
#25 · Quote Reply

Love that for him!

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dickalan lemmy.world dickalan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-08
#26 · Quote Reply

"Now the hunter... Has become hun- dead. Oh, that's definitely dead..." ETA: A Kruger National Park source said: “The two ran in different directions but the one lining up the shot was the slowest to his feet and the elephants went for him first. He was quickly over run and the elephants trampled him into the earth and all that we found was basically a very large blood stain around the clothing...

amazing. you're great

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fyzzlefry retrolemmy.com fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2025-03-16
#27 · Quote Reply

Neat

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hansolo lemmy.today hansolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-07
#28 · Quote Reply

Elephants are pretty smart, they probably knew exactly what they were doing and why

That's potentially true. Elephants in highly poached areas know the difference between rangers with guns there to protect them, and guys with guns there to poach.

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ayyy sh.itjust.works ayyy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-06-20
#29 · Quote Reply

Why isn’t it more socially acceptable to discuss why, or more specifically who is causing these horns to be so valuable?

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Hanrahan slrpnk.net hanrahan@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-03-14
#30 · Quote Reply

Nature is healing.

yeah. but no, we're currently in a sixth mass extinction, no matter how many orca attack boats or elephants trample poachers, nature is losing and losing fast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CmnQD3QHeY

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rants_unnecessarily piefed.social rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-03
#31 · Quote Reply

Good. Deserved. Nice to see elephants looking out for their tank bros.

Tank holds agro while dps comes from behind.

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RustyLog fedinsfw.app RustyLog@fedinsfw.app
Joined: 2026-06-09
#32 · Quote Reply

Fuck China!

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1984 lemmy.today 1984@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-07-28
#33 · Quote Reply

Some good news today, thank you.

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1984 lemmy.today 1984@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-07-28
#34 · Quote Reply

Why isn’t it more socially acceptable to discuss why, or more specifically who is causing these horns to be so valuable?

It's not? Depends on what social group you mean here I guess.

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