ISTANBUL — A person was once critically injured when he was once attacked by means of a lion that had escaped a zoo in southern Turkey on Sunday, native media reported. The lion was once later shot lifeless.
The male lion, named Zeus, escaped his cage at Land of Lions in Manavgat, a hotel town at the Mediterranean coast, within the early hours, the personal Demiroren Information Company mentioned. A couple of hours later, he attacked a 53-year-old guy as he slept outside.
“I heard a whispering sound. After I lifted the blanket, the lion fell on me,” Suleyman Kir informed the company. “We struggled and fought. … I grabbed his neck and squeezed. At that second, he ran off just a little.”
Kir was once hospitalized with wounds to his head and shoulder. Police groups and drones discovered the lion by means of within reach inns.
Land of Lions’ web site boasts that the park holds “the arena’s greatest lion circle of relatives” of greater than 30 animals. It additionally accommodates tigers, bears and wolves.
It wasn’t transparent how the lion escaped. The zoo didn’t touch upon Sunday.
