A person’s lifeless physique was found inside a giant cat enclosure throughout routine cleansing by zoo workers on Wednesday (Dec 6) at Sherbagh Zoo in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. The grim incident got here to mild when staff seen a shoe within the mouth of one of many huge cats. Forensic specialists had been known as in to look at the physique because it stays unclear who the individual was.
Zaheer Anwar, a senior authorities official in Bahawalpur, reportedly revealed, “When they cleaned the zoo and the dens, they discovered the (animal) holding a shoe in its mouth. The workers obtained suspicious, after which they discovered a physique contained in the den.”
Anwar described the large cat, utilizing a time period in Pakistan that encompasses each tigers and leopards, each of that are housed within the zoo.
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Expressing the evaluation by the workers, Anwar advised, “this seems to be a lunatic, as a result of a wise person wouldn’t bounce into the den. You can see that the den is secured. There are stairs behind the den; perhaps he jumped from there.”
Zafarullah from the rescue service 1122 in Bahawalpur shared that the sufferer’s legs had suffered extreme mauling. He remarked, “It is but not identified who he’s and the way he obtained there. It is being investigated. The physique regarded a number of hours old.”
Operated by Punjab’s wildlife division, the zoo options a wide range of wildlife and fees a nominal payment of 18 cents for grownup entry. The web site mentions the presence of lions, tigers, and hyenas in fashionable moated enclosures.
Notably, in 2000, a special zoo in Pakistan made headlines when the stays of a lacking teenage boy had been found within the lion enclosure.
In a separate August incident, residents of Karachi had been shocked as they witnessed a young lion leisurely strolling alongside a bustling avenue following its escape from a automobile throughout transportation, as reported by Geo News.
A video that gained widespread consideration on social media in August depicted the lion roaming on Sharea Faisal, amidst the circulation of automobiles and pedestrians.
(With inputs from companies)