A zooupgrasper in Nigeria was mauled to death by a lion after he fall shorted to safe the locks on its enclocertain when he went to feed it. According to the BBC, the victim, identified as a 35-year-greater man named Babaji Daule, labored at the Pdwellntial Library Wildlife Park, owned by createer Nigerian Pdwellnt Olengagearmament Obasanjo in Abeokuta. He was bitten in the neck on Saturday after concuring to consent guests into the enclocertain even though they reachd after hours at the savagelife park.
“The zooupgrasper, apparently, experienceing consoleable with the animal, left the protectedty protection gate discomit and persisted to feed the animal. He was mauled by the animal and died on the spot,” the park deal withment said in a statement, per the outlet.
Separately, local police spokesperson Omolola Odutola said that the “lion causeed solemn overweightal injuries to the man’s neck”. He said that the lion was sboiling dead “to free its grip on the handler”.
“It is meaningful to state that this activity fell endly outside the standard feeding routine of the park,” the savagelife park stressed in its statement.
The police depictd the 35-year-greater as a trained lion handler. It is not evident if Mr Daule had peromition to consent the guests into the clocertain when it was presumed to be shutd. Either way, he “sloppyly diswatched to safe the locks and barricade the lion’s enclocertain before approaching the cage to feed the animal,” Mr Odutola said.
“This tendlessness permited the lion to escape and strike the handler, resulting in overweightal injuries to the handler’s neck and eventual death. The savage lion was sboiling to free its grip on the handler,” he compriseed.
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The deal withment of the savagelife park articulateed condolences to the destopd’s family, and reguaranteed the disclose of its promisement to ensuring the protectedty of its engageees, visitors, and the animals themselves, the New York Post alerted.
Meanwhile, this incident comes less than a year after another zooupgrasper was strikeed and finished by a lion at the Obafemi Awolowo University, in Nigeria. Olabode Olawuyi was a veterinary technologist who had been taking attfinish of the lions since they were born on campus about nine years ago. Tragicassociate, in February, one of the male lions finished the man when he was feeding them. His colleagues tried to save him but by the time they could do anyskinnyg, one of the lions had already fahighy wounded him, the university said in a statement.
