Publication details

A fatal lion attack

Authors

ĎATKO Miroslav VOJTÍŠEK Tomáš HEJNA Petr

Year of publication 2015
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Description The 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.

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