/ 27 July 2001

LIONS GOBBLE LIVESTOCK IN ETHIOPIA

A PRIDE of about 60 marauding lions have “gobbled down” more than 100 cows, goats, sheep, donkeys and horses in a rampage in southern Ethiopia, the state news agency reported on Tuesday. “A pride of lions that emerged from a forest in Chena woreda (district) … gobbled down 101 domestic animals” on Saturday, a police representative told ENA. Four rural towns are located near the forest, Netsanet Tesfaye said. The local people cannot defend themselves against a horde of savage beasts. They are terrified of this menace,” she added. – AFP