580

Poacher tried to shoot rhinos but was trampled to death by elephants instead (www.dailystar.co.uk)

submitted 1 week ago by fireweed@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

33 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/70943647

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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

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

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

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

this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2026

580 points (99.5% liked)

Not The Onion

22534 readers

756 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

Links to news stories from...
...credible sources, with...
...their original headlines, that...
...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Please also avoid duplicates.

Comments and post content must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, ableist, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

kescusay@lemmy.world