US EditionA man is injured in a struggle with an escaped lion in southern Turkey
- On July 6, 2025, a male lion named Zeus escaped early Sunday morning from the Land of Lions animal park in Manavgat, Turkey, and attacked a 53-year-old farmer.
- The lion escaped by jumping over the barrier around its enclosure, but the exact details of the escape remain unclear, prompting an investigation.
- The lion injured Suleyman Kir with wounds to his head, shoulder, and legs while he was asleep outdoors in a pistachio field, and police teams later found the lion in nearby woods using drones.
- Kir recounted that when he pulled back the covering, the animal pounced on him, prompting him to grasp its neck firmly, after which officials shot the animal dead later that day.
- The lion's death ended the immediate threat, three injured people were treated without critical conditions, and authorities launched an investigation into the escape from the park housing about 30 big cats.
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In Turkey, a predator that broke out of a zoo was shot
A lion attacked and seriously injured a farmer in southern Turkey today.
Lion named Zeus mauls man after escaping Turkiye zoo
ISTANBUL: A lion that escaped from an animal park in Turkiye’s southern Antalya province on Sunday injured a man before being shot dead by authorities, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing officials. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
In the Turkish tourist stronghold of Antalya, a lion broke out of a zoo. The animal attacked a field worker about a kilometer from the zoo and seriously injured him. The forces searched for the lion for several hours and eventually killed him. As the lion named Zeus escaped from the zoo in the municipality of Manavgat, it is still unclear, as reported by the transmitter TRT. The area around the zoo had been blocked during the search work.The att…
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