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A zookeeper who had been taking good care of lions for almost a decade was killed by one of many huge cats at a Nigerian college. According to the BBC, Olabode Olawuyi was accountable for the zoo at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).
He was attacked Monday when he was feeding the lions. His colleagues tried to avoid wasting him however by the point they might do something, one of many lions had already fatally wounded him, the college mentioned in an announcement. The lion has since been put down, the assertion added.
Mr Olawuyi was a veterinary technologist who had been “taking care of the lions since they were born on campus about nine years ago,” college’s spokesman Abiodun Olarewaju mentioned, as per the outlet.
“Tragically, the male lion killed the man who had been feeding them. We never knew what came over the male lion that it had to attack [him],” Mr Olarewaju mentioned.
The college’s vice-chancellor, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, mentioned he was “saddened” by the incident and ordered a radical investigation.
Separately, the scholars’ union chief, Abbas Akinremi, described the incident as unlucky and mentioned that the attack was brought on by “human error” after the zookeeper had forgotten to lock the door after feeding the lions. Mr Akinremi additionally paid tribute to Mr Olawuyi. He was a “good and humble man, who attended to us nicely whenever we went to the zoo,” he mentioned.
Abba Gandu, who has been feeding lions for greater than 50 years at a zoo in Kano in northern Nigeria, additionally described the incident as unlucky and mentioned extra security measures have been wanted. “This incident wouldn’t in any way affect me personally as feeding lions is what I want to do until I die,” mentioned Mr Gandu. He added that his worst expertise was when a baboon he was attempting to feed bit his finger.
Following the incident, Nigerians on social media additionally shared graphic photographs of the mauling on the college in Osun state. The college group is in mourning. As per BBC, a delegation has additionally gone to the household of Mr Olawuyi to supply their condolences.
Source: NDTV.
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