A zoo employee was killed and one other worker injured after they had been attacked by a hippopotamus whereas clearing its cage.
The 40-year-old worker was pronounced useless on the scene after the incident at Lucknow Zoo in Uttar Pradesh, India. The opposite sufferer was rushed to hospital to be handled for his accidents and is reportedly in a steady situation.
The hippo had not too long ago been transferred to the zoo from the close by metropolis of Kanpur.
The deceased worker, named solely as Suraj, had been working on the zoo for over ten years, and is survived by his spouse, and two kids, in keeping with The Indian Specific.
On Monday morning, Suraj and one other worker, named as Raju by native media, entered the hippopotamus’ cage for cleansing. Raju managed to flee through the assault.
Zoo director Aditi Sharma mentioned an inquiry into the incident is happening, and has set out clear instructions to all workers to restrict the animal in a portion of the cage, earlier than getting into it.
The zoo employee was attacked at Lucknow Zoo in Uttar Pradesh, India
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“It will be a part of inquiry to search out why the animal was not confined in a portion of the cage when the 2 workers entered,” mentioned Ms Sharma.
In September, a pair of American wildlife photographers had a terrifying encounter when an offended hippo charged their automobile on a safari in Botswana.
Invoice and Linda Klipp, from Key West, Florida, mentioned that if issues go south whereas photographing within the discipline, their primary rule is to “simply maintain taking pictures”.
The hippo charged in direction of them from a watering gap, ramming their automobile and digging its enamel into the facet a number of instances.