A tragic incident occurred at a zoo in Uzbekistan: a zookeeper filmed himself with three animals in a lion enclosure. A predator attacked the 44-year-old and he was literally mauled. The zookeeper is said to have made the video to impress his girlfriend.
The keeper is named in the media as F. Iriskulov – on December 17 at 5 a.m. he entered the lion enclosure at Parken Zoo and recorded the encounter on his cell phone.
In the video, the man speaks to the animals lying on the ground, who initially seem unimpressed. When he shouts the name “Simba” several times, one of the animals shoots up and runs towards the man, who retreats to a corner of the enclosure. The other two lions are also scared.
The beginning of the attack is shown here:
The video ends with a zookeeper screaming
The 44-year-old tries to calm the animal around him with further calls and pushes it away with his hand or pets it. He then switches to selfie mode to show his face in the video. Shortly afterwards, the mood suddenly changes: one of the lions attacks. The camera is still filming and you can hear the guard’s screams before the recording ends.
Man was “partially eaten”
As Russian media reported, the man was mauled by the big cats. An official statement said: “The lions killed him and partially ate his body.” The victim’s body was only found by zoo staff four hours after the attack. After the incident, two of the animals were tranquilized and the third was shot.
Local media reported that the animals accidentally entered the garden because a door was open. The keeper wanted to return the animals to their enclosure.
Source: Krone
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