Lion kills zookeeper at Nigeria's Obafemi Awolowo University - BBC News

The veterinary technologist had been taking care of the university's lions for nine years.

4 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinarian technologist, had been taking care of the university's lions for nine years (file photo)By Basillioh Rukanga & Mansur AbubakarBBC NewsA zookeeper at a Nigerian university has been killed by one of the lions he had been looking after for close to a decade.

Olabode Olawuyi, who was in charge of the zoo at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), was attacked as he was feeding the lions, the university said in a statement.

His colleagues were unable to save him as one of the lions had already fatally wounded him, the university added.

The lion has since been put down.

Mr Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist, had been "taking care of the lions since they were born on campus about nine years ago".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68345157

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