A lioness was killed ‘nearly immediately’ by a lion at Longleat Safari Park on New Yr’s Day, the park has confirmed.
Keepers had been unable to avoid wasting the animal from its accidents after what was described as a ‘uncommon’ however ‘pure’ incident.
Guests stated they had been diverted away from the enclosure within the early afternoon as a consequence of an unknown main incident on the park in Wiltshire.
One visitor posted on social media that they had been held up within the enclosure and will see a lioness laying nonetheless on the ground, injured.
A lioness was killed ‘nearly immediately’ by a lion at Longleat Safari Park on New Yr’s Day, it has been confirmed. [File image]
Keepers at Longleat Safari Park had been unable to avoid wasting the lioness from its accidents after what was described as a ‘uncommon’ however ‘pure’ incident
On the time it was unclear to company what had occurred – till a spokesperson for Longleat confirmed that the lioness was attacked by one other animal in her enclosure.
A spokesperson stated: ‘This weekend [1st January 2023] noticed one of many lionesses at Longleat sadly killed by one other lion. This sort of incident may be very uncommon however can naturally happen amongst apex predators.
‘It occurred extremely shortly, with the lioness dying nearly immediately.’
They added: ‘Our skilled keepers had been instantly on the scene, nonetheless the timescales concerned meant there was no chance of intervention. There was no danger to company.’
It comes simply weeks after two uncommon purple panda cubs on the safari park died when temperatures dropped under freezing.
The animals, born in the course of the summer time, had been discovered of their nesting field – with workers on the park saying preliminary investigations indicated that they had died from hypothermia and weaning issues.