A lion at Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in India mauled a man to death after the man jumped a 7m fence to take a selfie with the beast.
A lion at Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in India mauled a man to death after the man jumped a 7m fence to take a selfie with the beast.
A man has been mauled to death by a lion at a zoo after he climbed over a 7.6m fence to take a selfie with the beast.
Prahlad Gujjar from Rajasthan, India, entered the non-public enclosure that housed the lion at Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park by climbing over thefence.
Desperate for a selfie, the 38-year-old ignored a zookeeper’s warning to step away from the lion and continued to get closer to the large cat.
Before the zookeeper could intervene, Dongalpur the lion mauled the man to death.
The zoo claimed the man was in an intoxicated state and didn’t know what he was doing.
Investigating authorities are currently conducting a post-morten on the man’s body and will look into whether he was intoxicated when jumping into the encousure.
A lion at Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in India mauled a man to death after the man jumped a 7m fence to take a selfie with the beast.
Gujjar was alone at the zoo when the deadly incident happened.
Dongalpur has been moved to a cage and is being kept under observation since the deadly attack.
