A man was seriously injured
after being attacked by a pair of lions when he jumped into their enclosure at
the Nandankanan Zooligical Park on Friday.
“The man identified as
Suryanarayan Das (45) from Chhatrapur in Ganjam district all of a sudden
climbed on the wall and jumped into the lion enclosure (29-D) housing Cris
(male lion) and Priyanka. We rescued Das within five minutes and rushed him to
a hospital,” Zoo assistant director K L Purohit said.
He ruled out the possibility
of somebody pushing Das into the enclosure.
The incident took place around
1.10 pm when security guards had gone for lunch. As soon as Das fell inside the
enclosure, the lioness pounced on him, Purohit said.
The lions returned to their
cage when the people started shouting at them.
“The man touched my feet
before jumping into the lion enclosure,” an elderly woman tourist from West
Bengal said.
Das sustained muliple injuries
on his skull, cheeks, neck, legs and hands, said Dr Srikant Mohapatra, the
general manager of the private hospital.
“Das regained consciousness in
the hospital. He has sustained deep bites on hands and legs. Das also admitted
having a quarrel with his wife before coming to the zoo,” Dr Mohapatra said.
He was now stable, Dr
Mohapatra said.
Stating that this was first
such incident at the zoo, Nandankanan deputy director C R Mishra said they
strictly follow the Central Zoo Authority guidelines so far security of
visitors are concerned.
“Now we will further think
about the visitors safety. If someone wants to jump inside the enclosure of
animals, no one can help,” Mishra said.
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