‘Poacher’ eaten by lions he was tracking

South African police say big cats ‘just left his head and some remains’

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(Image credit: ROD WYNDHAM PHOTO'S)

A man who was devoured by a pack of lions at a South African nature reserve is thought to have been a poacher attempting to hunt the animals.

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