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A fatal lion attack

Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2015

Abstract

he wounded body of a 20-year-old male junior zoo worker was found lifeless in a lion enclosure in the Zoological Garden during the morning hours. The circumstances indicated that a 300 kg male lion named "Omar" had escaped from his enclosure, unexpectedly attacked his zookeeper in the outdoor compartment of the cave, and moved the zookeeper's collapsed body into the enclosure.