Zoo officials in Ghana believe that a man who was mauled to death by a lion after climbing into its enclosure may have planned to steal its two rare white cubs.
The middle-aged intruder scaled 10ft and 20ft fences in Accra Zoo at about noon on Sunday only to be met by a lion, a lioness and their two cubs.
A lion at Ghana’s Accra Zoo mauled an intruder to death after he climbed a fence in an alleged attempt to steal a rare white cub, officials said.
At around noon local time on Sunday, security guards on patrol at the zoo noticed that the middle-aged victim had scaled a 20-foot-tall mesh fence and entered the enclosure housing a lion, a lioness and two cubs.
“The intruder was attacked and injured by one of the lions,” Ghana’s state Forestry Commission said in a statement, adding that the unnamed man had died from wounds he sustained in the attack.
Authorities said they have not yet determined a motive behind the breach, but it is suspected that the intruder may have been after at least one of the two lion cubs, which are considered rare — and especially valuable to poachers — because of their unusual light coloring.
VIA: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/man-killed-by-lion-wanted-to-steal-rare-cubs-ghana-police-believe-p5c9gl99j
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