Girl guarded by lions
 

I thought this story was uber cool.

Briefly, a young Ethiopian girl who was being abused by men who were trying to force her into marriage was saved by lions. They chased off the bad guys and stood guard over the girl until help came, then melted back into the forest. Or whatever flora Ethiopia has.

That's just friggin sweet.

Ethiopia’s lions, famous for their large black manes, are the country’s national symbol and adorn statues and the local currency. Despite a recent crackdown, hunters kill the animals for their skins, which can fetch $1,000. Williams estimates that only 1,000 Ethiopian lions remain in the wild.

Kidnapping young girls has long been part of the marriage custom in Ethiopia. The United Nations estimates that more than 70 percent of marriages in Ethiopia are by abduction, practiced in rural areas where most of the country’s 71 million people live.

It sounds like the lions are learing basic social engineering. Teach them while they are young.

Could only be better if the lions had eaten the abductors. :mad: