WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The terrifying attack occurred just outside the lion’s cage in Pakistan after the man got too close with his camera and ended up on the floor in agony following the mauling
Pakistan: Lion attacks man after he attempts to take a photo with the wild cat
This is the horrifying moment a pet lion attacks a screaming man while he tries to take a selfie with the animal – as he begs the beast to “please stop.”
The terrifying attack occurred just outside the lion’s cage in Pakistan after the man got too close with his camera and ended up on the floor in agony following the brutal mauling. The victim can be seen writhing on the floor in pain as the lion sinks its claws into his skin.
One of his friends can be seen trying to hit the lion over the head to distract it but the animal ignores him and continues to tear into the victim who is squirming on his back screaming. As the man can be heard pleading for his life, he yells “Spare me” and “Please stop Simba” as more people come over to try and help him flee from the beast. A few moments later, the predator finally spares him and the wounded victim runs off. The animal prowls around the room looking for its next target.
The man’s clothes are visibly torn from the attack and he was rushed to hospital with an injury to his arm, but it is unclear the extent of the damage. The horrific attack comes just weeks after a worker at a wildlife park in Crimea died after she was mauled by lions, officials said.
The death occurred when the worker went into a cage at the Taigan park to clean it, according to the Russian Investigative Committee’s office in the Russia-annexed peninsula. The cage held three lions, but the worker did not lock an internal door that would have separated her from them, the committee said in a statement. The Taigan Park is in Belogorsk, about 22 miles east of the Crimean capital Simferopol. Russia unilaterally annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, but most of the world does not recognise it as Russian territory.
According to the park’s website, it holds about 60 lions in its more than 75 acres. About 0.6 miles of elevated walkways allow visitors to observe lions roaming freely.
It comes just weeks after a zookeeper was mauled to death by a lion after he left a gate open while feeding the animal in front of visitors. Lion handler Babaji Daule, 35, was attacked while he was working at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Wildlife Park in Abeokuta, Nigeria. The zoo reportedly said Babaji had been demonstrating the lion’s feeding routine at the end of September when the lion attacked him.
