Fatal attack
Leopard killed owner in Slovakian private zoo
A leopard has killed its owner in a private zoo in Slovakia. The animal had probably attacked the man in an enclosure.
The 63-year-old man was found "without signs of life" in the leopard enclosure in the village of Jasenie, the Banska Bystrica Regional Police Directorate announced on its official Facebook page.
How the accident could have happened is still being investigated. There is no danger to the general public for the time being.
Victim ran private zoo single-handedly
Public television STVR reported, citing villagers, that the victim had run the private zoo all by himself. Even before the accident, there had been fears that he might be overwhelmed. In total, he kept around 20 different domestic and wild animals, including several species of monkeys, birds of prey and various breeds of dog. He was solely responsible for the care of the animals as well as the visitors.
In Slovakia, there are still several mostly very small private zoos with cats of prey and other wild animals, despite the recent tightening of legal regulations. In one of them, a lion killed its owner a year ago.
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