Although isolated attacks by lions on [[human]]s are not uncommon, the development of habitual [[anthropophagy]] is rare in lions. However, in East Africa in 1898 a pride of man-eating lions devoured hundreds of [[railroad|railway]] workers constructing the [[Uganda Railway]], severely disrupting progress on the line, before they were finally shot by [[J. H. Patterson]].
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Although isolated attacks by lions on [[human]]s are not uncommon, the development of habitual [[anthropophagy]] is rare in lions. However, in East Africa in 1898 a pride of man-eating lions devoured hundreds of [[railway]] workers constructing the [[Uganda Railway]], severely disrupting progress on the line, before they were finally shot by [[J. H. Patterson]].