Lions in Zimbabwe maul tourist to death as he showered

LIONS attacked and killed a tourist while he was showering at an unfenced campsite in a nature reserve, and such fatal encounters are on the rise because of poaching, a conservationist said yesterday.

Peter Evershed, a 59-year-old Zimbabwean businessman, was mauled by five lions while showering under a tree at the Chitake Springs bush camp in the Mana Pools nature reserve, said Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force head Johnny Rodrigues.

Evershed was the last of his group of family and friends to take a shower as darkness fell on Saturday. They heard Evershed scream and raced to the showers but he was already dead from a gash to the throat, Rodrigues said.