Lion kills wildlife park employee in South Africa
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A lion in its enclosure. (Reuters)
A provincial conservation agency in South Africa says a lion killed an employee at a wildlife park.
The Ezemvelo agency says the attack happened in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park in KwaZulu-Natal province on Monday.
Agency spokesman Musa Mntambo said Wednesday that the 45-year-old employee was attacked after walking to a river to turn on a water pump servicing a nearby tourist lodge.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mntambo says the female lion had tuberculosis and a leg injury, preventing it from hunting wildlife.
The Ezemvelo agency says park staff killed the lion.
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