Several lions escaped from the cage when a zoo worker in Erak opened the cage to feed the animals, according to the Iranian official news agency IRNA.
The caregiver, who was attacked by one of the lions and injured in the throat, died.
Zoo director Rıza Seyyad Hakşumar denied the allegations that “several lions escaped from the zoo” in a statement to reporters. “The lions did not leave the zoo,” Haksumar said. said.
It was reported that the lions that escaped from their cages were put back in their cages.
AA