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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,319 posts) Mon Dec 31, 2018, 09:58 AM Dec 2018

Escaped lion kills 22-year-old worker at NC preserve before being shot, officials say

Escaped lion kills 22-year-old worker at NC preserve before being shot, officials say

BY NOAH FEIT

DECEMBER 30, 2018 03:46 PM,

UPDATED 9 HOURS AGO

A lion that escaped its enclosure and killed one person Sunday at a North Carolina preserve was fatally shot, according to a news release from the Conservators Center.

Officials with the Conservators Center said in the release that the lion was shot and killed to let emergency responders get the person who had been attacked.

The victim was identified as Alexandra Black, WTVD reported. The 22-year-old from New Palestine, Indiana, had worked at the center for about two weeks.
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The Caswell County Sheriff’s Office said attempts at tranquilizing the lion, named Matthai, were unsuccessful, and deputies used deadly force to retrieve Black’s body, ABC News reported.
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Escaped lion kills 22-year-old worker at NC preserve before being shot, officials say (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 OP

How very sad. democratisphere Dec 2018 #1

How sad Farmer-Rick Dec 2018 #2

The Associated Press has it now. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 #3

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

1. How very sad.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 11:04 AM

Dec 2018

Someone screwed up on properly securing the lion. Very unnecessary death of Alexandra Black and the lion.

Farmer-Rick

(10,141 posts)

2. How sad

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 11:41 AM

Dec 2018

The lion was just doing what comes naturally. The poor woman was just doing her job. May they both rest in peace.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,319 posts)

3. The Associated Press has it now.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 02:02 PM

Dec 2018

Lion kills 22-year-old worker at N.C. wildlife conservatory

The Associated Press 1 hr ago

BURLINGTON — A lion killed a young worker at a wildlife conservatory Sunday after it got loose from a locked space, the center said.

Alexandra Black, 22, of New Palestine, Indiana, was killed Sunday after being attacked by the lion in an enclosure that was being cleaned at the Conservators Center, news outlets reported, citing a statement from the Caswell County Sheriff's Office. ... The lion was shot and killed after attempts to tranquilize the animal failed, deputies said.

A "husbandry team" led by a professionally trained animal keeper was carrying out the routine cleaning when the lion somehow got loose, the center said in a statement.

It wasn't clear how the lion escaped the area that was supposed to be locked, said the center, which is closed until further notice.
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