The sight of how terrible the consequences of clowning animals can be recently was seen in a zoo in Jamaica, where a lion chewed the finger of a zoo employee. Actually, the zoo employee was troubling the caged lion, for which he had to pay a heavy price by losing his finger. The video of this horrific incident is also going viral on social media.
This video going viral is being told of the zoo of Jamaica. In the video, a man can be seen standing near the lion’s cage. When everyone was busy taking pictures and making videos with the lion, the man started playing with the lion. Standing outside the lion’s cage, the man starts troubling the lion by putting his fingers inside the cage.
The man was troubling the lion: The king of the jungle did not like him doing this at all. The zoo employee ignores even the lion’s growl and continues to tease and tease the lion. But within a short time, the angry lion poked his finger in his mouth and then the zoo employee lost his sweat in releasing his hand. With great difficulty, he was able to pull his hand free, but only the bone of the finger was left, the remaining part was chewed by the lion. The Zoo employee completely lost his ring finger.
Speaking to the Jamaica Observer, an eyewitness said, “When it happened I thought it was a joke. I didn’t realize the seriousness of it, because it’s their job.” The woman further said that when the man fell on the ground everyone realized that it was serious. The woman told that the whole skin of the zookeeper’s finger was chewed by the lion.
The incident will be investigated: However, the incident has triggered discussions on the welfare and treatment of lions by the staff at the zoo. According to the Jamaica Observer, Pamela Lawson, managing director of the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said the incident would be investigated.
At the same time, Jamaica Zoo said in its statement that the zoo is a safe place for both people and animals. Jamaica Zoo said, “It is an unfortunate incident that should not have happened. We are providing full support to the Zoo staff.”