Female keeper, 22, is mauled to death by a lion which escaped a locked enclosure at a North Carolina zoo

[Sugar Cookie]

Zoo officials in North Carolina said that a lion was shot and killed after it escaped its enclosure and fatally attacked a 22-year-old intern.

The incident took place at the Conservators Center in Burlington, North Carolina on Sunday.

Officials said an animal husbandry team led by a keeper was doing a routine cleaning when one of the lions managed to get out of a locked space, according to WTVD-TV.

The lion then entered the area where the team was cleaning and quickly killed Alexandra Black.

The animal was then shot and killed so that the attacked worker could be retrieved.

Black is a recent graduate of Indiana State University. She is from New Palestine, Indiana.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...aped-locked-enclosure-North-Carolina-zoo.html

 

[Sejanus]

2 dead.
Carelessness at fault.

 

[Old Man Metal]

So I guess she's not going to get hired permanently.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Recent college graduate, and no job, just an intern getting eaten by a lion.
BRUTAL welcome to the job market.

 

[Old Man Metal]

Recent college graduate, and no job, just an intern getting eaten by a lion.
BRUTAL welcome to the job market.

And the food chain.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

@Old Man Metal
Marry me.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[JackBurton]

Damn shame it happened in middle of winter, doubt any kids were there to see it

 

[Sue sue]

I wonder who forgot to lock the door/gate