Los Angeles - An African lion attacked and killed a worker
at a Californian cat sanctuary on Wednesday, emergency officials quoted by
local media said.
The incident happened at Project Survival's Cat Haven at
Dunlap, about 360km north of Los Angeles, according to a state Department of
Fish and Wildlife spokesperson, Tony Spada.
The park was closed at the time, according to the Fresno
County Sheriff's Office cited by local ABC affiliate KFSN-TV, which said two
workers were inside the park, and one inside the cage with a male lion called
Cous Cous.
Further details were not immediately available. Spada said
attacks were "very rare" because of safety measures required by
California law, which minimise contact between workers and animals at such
sanctuaries.
"This facility has a very good history," Spada
told the local Fresno Bee newspaper, adding: "In this case, someone just
got too close."
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