A large, dark-mane male lion strayed into rush hour traffic on
Mombasa Road, a four-lane highway & injured a 63-year-old man. He
was swiped at by the lion when it became agitated by the behaviour of
the people around him.
According to Kenya Wildlife Service spokesman Paul Udoto, “People
were there, hooting their horns, taking selfies and all that and the
lion got agitated.”
Unfortunately, The man was clawed in two areas – on the front of the
chest and on the back of the shoulder. He sustained lacerations, quite
deep cuts in the left shoulder region and has sustained a small fracture
in one of the bones in the area.
The Lion returned to the park, followed by rangers who encouraged him
to move deeper into the reserve and they are still teams of rangers on
the ground in case there are other lions around that have not been
spotted. The injured man who is in the hospital is however in a stable
condition.
Video credit: Simply V
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