Malawi Man Killed By Hyenas Heralds New Horror In Human/elephant Conflict Zone

[Hoas]

Malawi man killed by hyenas marks new horror in human/elephant conflict zone

The killing of a Malawian man by hyenas near Kasungu National Park, in an area that has become a flashpoint of human/wildlife conflict since a botched elephant translocation, raises a chilling question: Are hyenas trailing the elephants, adding a new element of horror to a landscape of fear?

www.dailymaverick.co.za

By Ed Stoddard

The killing of a Malawian man by hyenas near Kasungu National Park, in an area that has become a flashpoint of human/wildlife conflict since a botched elephant translocation, raises a chilling question: Are hyenas trailing the elephants, adding a new element of horror to a landscape of fear?​

On the night of 6 August, Simon Chirwa, 31, was walking back to his village in Malawi when the hyenas struck.

It seems he may have had a drink or two after being paid for a piece job at a mill some distance from his village, and so he was perhaps staggering and attracting unwanted attention. Or maybe he passed out, making him easy prey: that is the tragedy of many men in Africa who fall victim to predators.

Chirwa was disembowelled by at least two hyenas. Seeking nutrient-rich organs such as the liver, his remains – according to Mike Labuschagne, the head of the Warm Heart NGO that recorded the incident – bore the bone-chilling marks of such an attack.

“The wounds are typical of an attack by two hyenas. The victim is anchored by a limb by one hyena and then castrated or disembowelled by the second hyena,” Labuschagne, who examined photos of the victim, wrote in a report on the incident which Warm Heart shared with Daily Maverick.

Continue....

 

[375Ruger416]

Heartbreaking - seems like a fence could have mitigated the conflict greatly

 

[deewayne2003]

Malawi man killed by hyenas marks new horror in human/elephant conflict zone

The killing of a Malawian man by hyenas near Kasungu National Park, in an area that has become a flashpoint of human/wildlife conflict since a botched elephant translocation, raises a chilling question: Are hyenas trailing the elephants, adding a new element of horror to a landscape of fear?

www.dailymaverick.co.za

By Ed Stoddard

The killing of a Malawian man by hyenas near Kasungu National Park, in an area that has become a flashpoint of human/wildlife conflict since a botched elephant translocation, raises a chilling question: Are hyenas trailing the elephants, adding a new element of horror to a landscape of fear?​

On the night of 6 August, Simon Chirwa, 31, was walking back to his village in Malawi when the hyenas struck.

It seems he may have had a drink or two after being paid for a piece job at a mill some distance from his village, and so he was perhaps staggering and attracting unwanted attention. Or maybe he passed out, making him easy prey: that is the tragedy of many men in Africa who fall victim to predators.

Chirwa was disembowelled by at least two hyenas. Seeking nutrient-rich organs such as the liver, his remains – according to Mike Labuschagne, the head of the Warm Heart NGO that recorded the incident – bore the bone-chilling marks of such an attack.

“The wounds are typical of an attack by two hyenas. The victim is anchored by a limb by one hyena and then castrated or disembowelled by the second hyena,” Labuschagne, who examined photos of the victim, wrote in a report on the incident which Warm Heart shared with Daily Maverick.

Continue....

View attachment 636499​

This is a new horror?

I watched a video on TIA about a woman who had both arms bitten off by hyenas just outside her home.

 

[spike.t]

Get pissed and pass out in the Bush and shit can happen....not unheard of....people lose their faces ...come in for quick bite and run...or as in this case you don't survive...

 

[WAB]

Get pissed and pass out in the Bush and shit can happen....not unheard of....people lose their faces ...come in for quick bite and run...or as in this case you don't survive...

Exactly. A little too much local hooch and you wake up with a hyena making a meal of you guts. This article makes it sound unusual and new, neither of which it is.

 

[Sideshow]

Quite common a few years back, drunk fall asleep in the wrong spot and chomp! The survivors will almost always say lion attacked them

Came across a village north of Queen Elizabeth Nat park in Uganda where they were all blind! They had brewed up a batch of maze wine for a wedding…was a bit too good and that was the side effect! So falling asleep and getting nipped would be half your worries! Some of the local hooch was/is like paint stripper!

 

[WAB]

Must be rough to wake up half way through having your innards eaten!