The Story Of Kidnapped Ethiopian Girl Rescued By Lions
-One of the greatest wildlife miracles in history is that of an Ethiopian girl rescued by Lions in 2005
-The 12-year-old girl was abducted by men trying to force her into a marriage
-The girl was rescued by the lions who turned around and left when a rescue party came
A 12-year-old girl was abducted by men who tried to force her to get married but she got reduced by a lion. How that this happen? Read on.
The incident happened in Ethiopia, where the girl was missing for a week, being abducted by 7 men who wanted her to marry one of them.
She was beaten until she was found one week after by Police and relatives. They were shocked to see that the young Ethiopian girl rescued by lions and being guarded.
According to Sgt. Wondimu, one of the policemen, young girls like that were usually raped and forced into marriage.
Read also: 300 schoolgirls have been abducted from a government school in Zamfara
This was one of the greatest stories in Ethiopia at that time and it was verified by the BBC and NBC News.
A Wildlife expert, Stuart Williams believes that the girl may have survived because the lions mistook her cries as mewing sounds from a lion cub.
Whichever way you want to put this, it is not something that you see every day.
Ethiopian lions are huge and they are famous for large manes. They also serve as the country’s national symbol.
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