A big cat poacher has reportedly been killed and eaten by the pride of lions he was trying to hunt.

The suspected hunter was heard screaming for help as he was mauled and bitten to death by lions in the Ingwelala Private Nature Reserve in Hoespruit, near Phalaborwa in South Africa.

The pride were unhurt and it looks as though they saved themselves from the unfortunate fate of Cecil the Lion and his son Xanda, who were both shot dead in South Africa.

Authorities presume the man was hunting the lions, who left his head almost untouched, after a hunting rifle was found close to what was left of his body.

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This news has been all over the place, but it can’t be shared enough. This is the most fitting end to a poacher of all time: this is how you avenge Cecil. If you make a living hunting animals that aren’t supposed to be hunted then you deserve to be mutilated, eaten and have your head left for scraps by those very same animals: a classic live by the animal, die by the animal situation.

One second you think you’re going to be bringing pack a sweet collection of pelts in all of your scumbag glory, and then next you’re watching the full cast of the Lion King use your femur as a toothpick. We’ve done a lot of writing in this blog about the proper end for people who abuse animals, whether they’re shooting iguanas with arrows, messing with dogs’ faces, or dragging sharks behind their boat:  and this is it. This is perfectly emblematic of the kind of justice animal-abusers deserve, and we’d only be so lucky to have every poacher meet this end.

I will say, I’ll give credit where credit is due. If you’re going to hunt an animal illegally, good for you for hunting an animal that can annihilate you with ease. All of you assholes out there who are hunting endangered birds can go fuck yourselves: you’ve gotta hunt something that will hunt you back. That should be an unwritten rule of poaching.  In tough weeks like this, it’s good to know that there’s still the possibility of a feel-good story out there.