Dangerous Animal Incidents

[Amoli]

This is very obvious, BC - the timing.

Yet.... does one not get special permission to leave camp earlier - if applied for through correct channels.

[pooky]

What an idiot in the white bakkie

Fortunately Mr. Ellie lost interest very quickly- could
have been big trouble for many standing watching

I wounder if one will ever know the really story BC.
The tourist is surely not going to elaborate.

[Richprins]

These clowns often take a "swipe" at passing vehicles...if they really want to stomp them they would go full out and ram the thing, in my limited experience. As the report says, the ellie left soon after.

[iNdlovu]

It is often their form of entertainment and after scaring the hell out of a few tourists, stroll off chuckling to themselves. In fact the ellie in my avatar did the very same thing to about 6 cars south of Satara when I took the pic.

[Bushcraft]

It is often their form of entertainment and after scaring the hell out of a few tourists, stroll off chuckling to themselves.

I tell the Cow that ,but she thinks they are all out to squash her

[Penga Ndlovu]

It is often their form of entertainment and after scaring the hell out of a few tourists, stroll off chuckling to themselves.

I tell the Cow that ,but she thinks they are all out to squash her

Whatch it BC.
She is online.
Just waiting to bash you.

[BotswanaConnection]

Tourists as well as any other people need to realise that when going on any bushwalks, these animals are wild and dangerous. they might be used to the fact of people walking near them at times, but us humans still pose as a threat. Best wishes to a speedy recovery .

[Tshukudu]

Ranger saves little girl from lioness
2013-05-17 08:36

Madikwe - An experienced field guide put his life on the line during a recent game drive when he saved a little girl's life from an angry lioness.

Beeld reports that Franco Kubile, 32, a guide at Madikwe Game Reserve in North West, was taking a group of seven tourists on a game drive when the incident took place.

"We came to an open piece of veld and I got out and took a look around to make sure there were no animals in the vicinity, so the guests could also get out.

During this time a few of the guests made use of a large, bushy tree close by to go to the toilet and I went back to the vehicle to fetch some coffee cups. That was when I heard people yelling and saw a mother and her toddler daughter running away from a lioness," he explained.

He knew he only had a split second to make a decision - either his life or the little girl's.

"I realised I would have been in a lot of trouble if anything happened to the little girl, so decided that it would rather have to be me."

He jumped in between the charging lioness and the terrified guests, looked her in the eye and shouted "Stop! Stop!" He also threw a coffee cup at her before slowly backing off. Fortunately, she turned around and ran away.

"There's a 50/50 chance that a lion will run away when you take it on, however, as soon as you start running it sees you as prey," Kubile explained.

He later realised that the lioness had hidden her cubs in the tree the guests had used as a toilet, and was merely trying to protect them.

Allowing guests to alight from game viewing vehicles for a coffee break in the morning is standard practice in most private game reserves.

[Richprins]

Well done, Franco!

[Poplap]

Heard this on the Jac FM the other day. Truly heroic and hats off to Franco.