The incident comes less than six months after another Nigerian zookeeper was killed by a lion at the Obafemi Awolowo University after the handler erroneously forgot to lock the gate while feeding the animal.
A zookeeper has been killed by a lion at a wildlife park in Nigeria after failing to secure the safety locks on the animal’s enclosure while feeding the animal, multiple news outlets report.
On Saturday, Sept. 28, trained handler Babaji Daule, 35, was fatally mauled at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Wildlife Park in Abeokuta, as reported by the BBC.
OOPL confirmed the incident occurred while Daule, from Bauchi, was taking guests to see the lion’s feeding routine after hours.
