African lions protect abducted girl, fend off attackers

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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

African lions protect abducted girl, fend off attackers
By Anthony Mitchell
Associated Press

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men trying to force her into a marriage was found being guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off her captors, a policeman said Tuesday.

The girl, missing for a week, had been taken by seven men who wanted to force her to marry one of them, said Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo, speaking by telephone from the provincial capital of Bita Genet, about 350 miles southwest of Addis Ababa.

She was beaten repeatedly before she was found June 9 by police and relatives on the outskirts of Bita Genet, Wondimu said. She had been guarded by the lions for about half a day, he said.

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[damntexdem]

1. Her guardians should be lionized!

Too bad they only chased off her abductors and didn't eat them.

[undergroundpanther]

2. The feline glory!

If people could only be that noble..Learn from this.. We wouldnt be so fucked up socially as we are now would we!

[Catherine Vincent]

3. No wonder the lions saved her. This is what the girl looked like:

Not a lioness but close.:-)

[Vinca]

4. There's nothing like an abduction and beating to woo a girl into

marriage. Let's hear it for the lions!