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A man is dead after entering a lion cage at a zoo in India.
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The man apparently wanted to take a selfie with the big cat, but was mauled to death by the animal on Thursday, according to Fox News.
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Prahalad Gurjar, 34, “climbed the wall and chain-link fencing” of the Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in Tirupati, India.
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Despite warnings from the zoo’s staff, he entered the cage anyway.
“After seeing the human being inside the enclosure, the animal attacked,” the zoo said.
“Though the animal keeper and other security staff nearby tried to save the person, the animal dragged the person inside the enclosure.”
Gurjar was dead within 10 minutes, the Times of India reported. The 12-year-old lion was put in his night house while authorities recovered the body.
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Gurjar may have been drinking before entering the cage, the Times reported.
The enclosure has a four-foot wall and a six-foot iron fence around it and this was the first time the cage was breached.
Gurjar was from the Alwar District in northern India.
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