Girl guarded by trio of lions?

Just when I was sounding off on the subject of animals and intelligence in the post below, this pops into my box:

A 12-year-old girl who was missing for a week was found being guarded by a trio of lions, said police in Ethiopia.

The girl had been abducted by a group of men who wanted her to marry one of them, said Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo from Bita Genet, about 560 kilometres from Addis Ababa.

(Note: If this story is true (and often they are not), the lions have more decency than the ... Okay, okay, so CALL the PC police. REPORT this blog. GET me arrested. It's an honour to be in jail with the honourable people, and maybe some decent lions. - d.)