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Namibia: Game Ranger Shot As Hunt for Lion Goes Wrong

By Ruth Kamwi


A ministry of environment game ranger was injured on duty last Friday, after a hunt for a maundering lion in northern Namibia went wrong.

Amalia Sheya (50) was accidentally shot in the right jaw when stray shots were fired, as the lion charged at a vehicle in which she and other officials were riding.

A community herdsman, Festus Fredericks (29), was also struck in the left shoulder by the misdirected shots.

The two are recovering at the Oshakati State Hospital, ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda confirmed the incident.

Muyunda yesterday said the ministry is supporting investigations into the accident, and sympathises with the injured persons.

He said those injured were part of a group that was tracking down a problem lion suspected to have earlier attacked and injured a person at Uulunga wa Kolondo cattle post in Ondangwa.

On the day, the lion reportedly attempted to attack the entourage, which included NDF members, police officers and environment officials, who were seated at the back of a ministry vehicle.

Shots were then fired by the hunting party, which resulted in the injuries of the people. Muyunda said the lion was shot.

Police officers in the area declined to comment, while police spokesperson Edwin Kanguajtivi could not be reached for comment.

Just shows that even maundering lions hate politicians!
My sypathisis to the lion.

I notice there was no PH involved, just a bunch of bureaucrats. Would not have happened if a Namibian Dangerous Game PH was in charge.

congrats to the lion

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maundering

me thinks they were looking for the English - marauding--

tricky language, this

The officials do tend to want to make a committee out of it.

I had ten people, all told, with me at the start of my problem lion hunt north of Etosha, many years ago.

It was crazy. No way to hunt anything, much less a lion. Made things impossible.

Happily, we managed to thin them out, and had a successful, although grueling, hunt - with the only one getting hurt being the lion.

Best wishes to the injured.

The definition of cluster

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The definition of cluster

Preceded by "monumental"

Sounds like a “Circle Jerk”