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Lions Maul Man To Death In Safari Shower
1:34pm Thursday November 04, 2010
Pete Norman
A pride of lions has dragged a man from a shower at a remote safari camp and mauled him to death.
Lions have become more aggressive according to conservationists
Peter Evershed was dragged from the bathroom by five lions at a bush camp on Zimbabwe's border with Zambia. The 59-year-old businessman had been on a fishing trip at the Chitake Camping site in northern Zimbabwe with his wife Jane. According to Mashonaland West provincial police spokesman Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara, Mr Evershed was taking a shower under a tree near the campsite when he was surrounded by the pride. "He screamed for help from other tourists who quickly drove to the scene flashing their lights in a bid to scare away the marauding lions," he said.
Germany's football team had steel protection on a lion safari earlier this year.
But the attack continued until safari operator Steven Pop fired shots in the air to scare off the lions.However, by that time Mr Evershed had suffered a fatal throat wound, according to Zimbabwe's Herald Online. Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force head Johnny Rodrigues said that a surge in poaching and illegal hunting has helped made the wild animals more aggressive. Last month an elephant killed a visitor in a nearby area, and soon after a conservation activist died in a charge by a wounded buffalo. Safaris have become an important revenue source for Zimbabwe, which has suffered from hyper-inflation in recent years.
