56-Jarige medewerker Nanhai Wildlife Park in Madian, Henan provincie (China), door 9 jaar oude leeuw Yang Yang gedood

China zoo keeper killed by lion: state media

05-01-2010 Agence France Presse


BEIJING — A worker at a wildlife park in central China was attacked and killed by an African lion while he was cleaning out her cage, state media reported Tuesday.

The 56-year-old worker, identified only by his surname Ming, was attacked by the lion at the Nanhai Wildlife Park in the city of Madian in Henan province on Thursday, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.

Ming had only been at his job for four days when the attack occurred, it said.

Yang Yang, the nine-year-old African lion, has been placed under quarantine as an investigation into the incident is conducted, the report said.

In November, police in northeast China shot dead two Siberian tigers after the animals severely mauled a worker at a wildlife park in Liaoning province, a report said at the time.

Due to a lack of funds and customers at the park, the tigers were in a state of starvation at the time of the attack, it said.

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