A zoo staffer mentioned the sufferer’s legs have been closely mauled (Representational)
Lahore, Pakistan:
A person was discovered lifeless inside an enormous cat enclosure at a Pakistan zoo on Wednesday by employees finishing up routine cleansing, officers mentioned.
The physique was discovered at Bahawalpur’s Sherbagh Zoo within the jap province of Punjab after employees noticed a shoe within the mouth of one of many huge cats.
“When they cleaned the zoo and the dens, they discovered the (animal) holding a shoe in its mouth,” Zaheer Anwar, a senior authorities official in Bahawalpur, informed the media.
“The employees bought suspicious after which they discovered a physique contained in the den,” he mentioned.
The official described the large cat utilizing a phrase that in Pakistan can imply tiger or leopard, and each are believed to be housed contained in the zoo.
“Our evaluation thus far is that this seems to be a lunatic, as a result of a smart person wouldn’t leap into the den,” Anwar mentioned.
“You can see that the den is secured. There are stairs behind the den, possibly he jumped from there.
“(The) employees are all accounted for.”
Zafarullah, an official of the rescue service 1122 in Bahawalpur, informed AFP that the sufferer’s legs had been closely mauled.
“It is but not recognized who he’s and the way he bought there. It is being investigated. The physique seemed a number of hours old,” mentioned Zafarullah, who goes by one identify.
He mentioned forensic specialists had been inspecting the physique.
The zoo is run by Punjab’s wildlife division, in keeping with its web site, and prices adults 50 rupees (18 cents) to enter.
The division has not commented.
Pakistan’s zoos are regularly accused of disregarding animal welfare.
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