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Kidnapped girl found safe with lions

Last Updated Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:04:49 EDT

CBC News

A 12-year-old girl who was missing for a week was found being

guarded by a trio of lions, said police in Ethiopia.

 

The girl had been abducted by a group of men who wanted her to marry

one of them, said Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo from Bita Genet, about 560

kilometres from Addis Ababa.

 

Police said the men beat her before she was found on June 9 after

spending half a day with the lions.

 

The lions left her when police and relatives discovered her on the

outskirts of Bita Genet, said Wedajo.

 

Local government official Tilahun Kassa corroborated the police

account, saying one of the men wanted to marry the girl.

 

A government wildlife expert said the lions may have mistaken the

whimpering and crying girl for a lion cub and taken her into their

protection.

 

Kidnapping has long been part of Ethiopia's marriage custom. The

United Nations estimates more than 70 per cent of all marriages in

Ethiopia are the result of abduction.

 

 

Those who control the past, control the future; Those who control the future,

control the present; Those who control the present, control the past.^

[Guest guest]

That's a nice story - well a nasty story with a nice ending.

 

Jo

[Guest guest]

The BBC version of the story emphasized that the lions were probably

planning to eat the girl. I prefer the cub-protection theory myself.

 

Julia

 

On 6/22/05, Jo Cwazy <heartwork wrote:

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