A lioness in an Iranian zoo reportedly attacked and killed a keeper and escaped with a mate before the pair was captured again.
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\”The lioness, which has been in the zoo for several years, managed to open a door of the cage, get out and then attack the 40-year-old guard who had just brought food to the pair of felines,\” a zoo employee told state broadcaster IRIBÂ on Monday.
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He said \”the two animals managed to escape\” on Sunday from their cage in the zoo in the city of Arak, Markazi province, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) southwest of Tehran.
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\”Immediately after the incident, security forces took control of the zoo\”, Amir Hadi, the governor of the province was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
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He added that \”efforts to capture the two felines alive have been successful\”.