It has been reported that a 63 year old man has been killed by a lion at the Parys Zoo near Johannesburg, South Africa. Joe Ramonetha had worked for the zoo for 40 years and was attacked by a female lion called Nyanga after she wandered through an open gate as Mr Ramonetha prepared the lions food.
Mr Ramonetha was bitten once on the neck, but later died in hospital. A spokesman for the Parys Zoo told the press, “There will be a full investigation and we will decide then what to do with Nyanga but it’s clear that this was just an instinctive reaction on her part, perhaps because he tried to run away. She didn’t take his body away like prey – she bit him once in the neck and that was it”.
He also added, “It’s just an unfortunate accident and devastating for all of us”.
Picture courtesy of Marco Hebing
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