A man was found dead at a zoo in Pakistan after staff noticed a big cat walking around with a shoe in its mouth. The man’s body was found inside the big cat enclosure at Bahawalpur’s Sherbagh Zoo in Punjab after staff became suspicious and searched the den, CBS News reports.
The grisly discovery was made during normal cleaning.
Zaheer Anwar, a senior government official in Bahawalpur, told local media that employees at the zoo noticed the animal holding a shoe and knew something wasn’t quite right.
“When they cleaned the zoo and the dens, they found the (animal) holding a shoe in its mouth,” Anwar explained.
“The staff got suspicious and then they found a body inside the den.”
Soon after, they found the man’s body.
The deceased man was described as a “lunatic.”
While the investigation is continuing, Anwar described the deceased man as a “lunatic” who clearly took it upon himself to enter the enclosure.
“Our assessment so far is that this appears to be a lunatic, because a sensible person would not jump into the den,” he said.
“You can see that the den is secured. There are stairs behind the den, maybe he jumped from there.”
Zafarullah, an official with the rescue service, told the AFP that the deceased man’s legs were mauled and that the body appeared to be “several hours old” when it was discovered.
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The man still hasn’t been formally identified.
Anwar said that all members of staff at the zoo had been accounted for, so they do not believe the victim was an employee.
However, it’s unclear who he was or why he decided to climb into the enclosure. Whatever the reason, it was a decision that cost him his life.
