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Wednesday 26 August 2015

Payback:Safari guide killed by lion in Zimbabwe.

A lion named Tommy walks through scorched grass towards shade near a spot Cecil the lion was lured onto a farm in an alleged illegal hunt in Hwange about 700 kilometres south west of Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015.

A lion charged and killed a safari guide who was leading a group of tourists in the same national park in Zimbabwe that was the home of Cecil the lion, who was killed by a bow hunter in July.
Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba said Tuesday that Quinn Swales was in Hwange National Park when he spotted six lions on Monday.

"One of the lions had cubs and they became hostile. Mr. Swales at first manage to scare the lions away but then the male lion later made a U-turn and attacked him," Charamba told The Associated Press. None of the tourists was harmed, she said.

Swales was leading six tourists on a walking safari when he spotted fresh lion spoor and decided to track a pride of lions consisting of two females, two cubs and two males, according to the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. The collared lion, named Nxaha, attacked Swales, the parks authority said.

Payback for Cecil
 

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