Ghana zoo lion kills man who attempted to ‘steal’ rare white cub

New York Post ^ | 08/30/2022 | Snejana Farberov

[mellow velo]

A lion at Ghana’s Accra Zoo mauled an intruder to death after he climbed a fence in an alleged attempt to steal a rare white cub, officials said.

At around noon local time on Sunday, security guards on patrol at the zoo noticed that the middle-aged victim had scaled a 20-foot-tall mesh fence and entered the enclosure housing a lion, a lioness and two cubs.

“The intruder was attacked and injured by one of the lions,” Ghana’s state Forestry Commission said in a statement, adding that the unnamed man had died from wounds he sustained in the attack.

Authorities said they have not yet determined a motive behind the breach, but it is suspected that the intruder may have been after at least one of the two lion cubs, which are considered rare — and especially valuable to poachers — because of their unusual light coloring.

[mellow velo]

"Florida Man" has competition!  The year isn't over yet, but this guy may have clinched the 2022 Darwin Award.

How stupid do you have to be to not only climb into the lion enclosure at a zoo in broad daylight, but attempt to steal a cub when the lion and lioness are around?!

[woodbutcher1963]

Darwin Award winner!

[cableguymn]

karma.. delivered instantly.

[silent majority rising]

Gene Pool has been cleaned ‘just a little bit’.

[ClearCase_guy]

Kimba Karma

[glennaro]

In Ghana, this is just another:
"Hold my Akpeteshie and watch this!"

[Celerity]

I was hired to steal ar rare apex predator once.

Then I did days of research and learned that wild animals kill other animals that try it. And for millions of years! No one told me that!

[Carpe Cerevisi]

[G Larry]

There are many on the path to learn the ferocity of “The Momma Bear” truism.

[SmokingJoe]

Actually, beer is very popular in Ghana with both working class and middle class.

[csvset]

Wah oh oh, wah oh oh, wah oh wimoweh
Weeheeheehee dee heeheeheehee weeoh aweem away
Weeheeheehee dee heeheeheehee weeoh aweem away
*

*Ghanan for don’t mess with the lion dumb ass

[libh8er]

Ghana Man is the new Florida Man

[moovova]

Taste like chicken.

[JesusIsLord]

Do you really want come between a lioness and her cubs? The man entering the lion area was very stupid. If not already, the zoo will likely put the lion down. Doesn't seem right but that's generally what happens when a predator rightly or wrongly kills a human.

[tet68]

their unusual light coloring.

They’re not white, they’re just light.

Light supremacy...

[Little Ray]

I love a happy ending.

[DannyTN]

I wonder if that puts the zookeepers at more risk of an attack.

Or if the lions are able to distinquish that Robber guy was an evil idiot and zookeepers are okay.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the poacher sleeps...FOR-EVAH!!!!

I hope they don’t euthanize the lion, rather, put the man’s head on a stake as a warning for any future potential poachers.

[Mercat]

I’m really hoping that they don’t take down the adult lions.

[HighSierra5]

Dark or light meat?