Three lions rescued a girl of 12 kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off her abductors and protecting her until she was rescued by Ethiopian police.
The men had held the girl for a week in the remote south-west, repeatedly beating her, before the lions chased them away.

Stuart Williams, a wildlife expert with the rural development ministry, said it was likely the girl had been saved because she was crying.
"A young girl whimpering could be mistaken for the mewing sound from a lion cub, which in turn could explain why [the lions] didn't eat her," he said.

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