LIMPOPO, SOUTH AFRICA – A suspected poacher was reportedly killed and eaten by a lion pack at a nature preserve in South Africa over the weekend.
AFP reports the victim's body was found Monday at a private game park near Kruger National Park where poaching activity has increased over the last few years.
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"They ate his body, nearly all of it, and just left his head and some remains," said Limpopo police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe.
A loaded rifle was found near the unidentified body.
Poachers target lion body parts for medicinal purposes, as well as rhinoceroses for their horns.