Two Lion have been inject idle and a man strike with a tranquilizer flit in a tragical occurrence at a menagerie in Chile .
Franco Luis Ferrada , a 20 - class - old humankind with mental wellness problems , go up into a lion enclosure on a busy Saturday at Santiago ’s Metropolitan Zoo in Chile . The witnesses said that the Leo were not ab initio phase by the serviceman entering their enclosing , so the mankind later on began stripping his wearing apparel and harass the lion .
The Lion then start to attack the man in front of the visitor . Zookeepers ab initio adjudicate to fend the lions away from the serviceman by spray them with a pee hosepipe , but to no avail . Tranquilizer guns were then work out in an attempt to subdue the lions , but their shot only supervise to hit Ferrada in the neck . In what looks like somewhat of a affright , a zookeeper then proceeded to shoot both the lions dead with live shots .
Local news said Ferrada reportedly suffers from mental wellness problems and was found with a suicide Federal Reserve note , according toThe Guardian . The man is in critical stipulation from the Leo the Lion attack and the lion - sized dose of tranquilizer he encounter .
crowd gathered for a candlelight vigil for the male and distaff lion , and hundreds of Chileans took to societal media to condemn the zoo ’s actions , with many calling for a boycott of the zoological garden .
One Facebook user posted on thezoo ’s profile : “ Well done . You ’ve go completely against your oath to protect these endangered animals and caused hubbub throughout the human beings . Truly disgusting and very lamentable . ”
However , Alejandra Montalba , the zoo ’s music director , defended the zoo ’s actions . allot to The Guardian , she said : “ The zoological garden has an show protocol because citizenry ’s lives are very important to us . "
She added : " The consternation sounded and chemical command arrive [ tranquillizer dart ] and an independent shooter arrived . The shooter decide to salvage the life sentence of the person and unluckily we had to sacrifice two members of our household . "
