A Zimbabwean man has been killed by a pride of lions while having a shower in a safari¹ camp near the Zambezi River, a conservationist group has said.

某自然资源保护团体称，一位津巴布韦男子在赞比西河附近的狩猎营地淋浴的时候被一群狮子杀死。

It happened last Friday afternoon, but details of the attack in the Mana Pools National Park are still emerging.

Johnny Rodrigues of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force blamed a spate² of wild animal killings³ on poaching.

"Usually you hardly hear of anything like this, but these animals are being traumatised（极度受惊） ," he told BBC News.

Peter Evershed was on a fishing trip in the remote Mana Pools area with three people, including his brother-in-law, when he was attacked.

"These fishing camps don't have security fences, but that's why people go there - and you go there at your own risk because it's a wildlife area and they're trying to keep it as natural as possible," Mr Rodrigues said.

Eight villagers were attacked by lions earlier in the year - but 200km to 300km (125 to 185 miles) further down the river, he said.

Last month, a South African tourist was killed by an elephant who attacked him as he approached a houseboat on Lake Kariba.

"There's been a lot of snaring⁴（捕捉，诱惑） and shooting of animals in the area so it's upset the animals," he said.

'Hogwash'

He dismissed reports that lions were being lured⁵ into camps with meat by tour operators.

"You're going into a wildlife area, you should be aware that it is risky⁶ but no hunter or anybody entices⁷（诱使，怂恿） lions to come near the camps - that's a lot of hogwash（废话，猪食） ."

Zimbabwe's wildlife has been severely⁸ affected⁹ by the country's economic decline over the last decade as people turn to poaching and illegal hunting for food.

"When there is no food, people resort to snaring the wildlife," Mr Rodrigues said.

The coalition¹⁰ government that came to power 20 months ago with the promise of turning around the economy has not eased the situation, nor has tourism picked up, he said.

"We don't have the tourists - if we had the tourists it would actually work."