Lion kills man at Ghana zoo who entered its enclosure

A lion in a Ghana zoo killed a man who
scaled the fence and landed in its enclosure Sunday, wildlife officials said
in a statement.

The man was attacked by the lion after jumping over the security fences of
the zoo in the capital, Accra, said the Forestry Commission, the state agency
in charge of wildlife in Ghana.

“The intruder was attacked and injured by one of the lions, within the inner
fencing of the enclosure,” the statement said, adding that he had died of his
injuries.

The lion, a lioness and two cubs were still secure in their enclosure at the
Accra Zoo, it added.

A police spokesman told AFP: “We’re investigating the case to establish how
the man got into the restricted area.”

The Accra Zoo was first established as a private menagerie in the early 1960s
by Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah. The Accra Zoo was opened to the
public after his overthrow in 1966.

AFP