Lion escapes home in Pakistan and attacks wife and children; VIDEO

The animal was raised as a pet – which is not uncommon in the country – but the incident made the authorities perform an operation to repress this practice; 18 lions illegally created were confiscated. Pets flee from home and attacks wife and child in Lahore, Pakistan a lion raised as a pet escaped from the house where he lived and attacked a woman and two children in the city of Lahore, the second largest in Pakistan, last Wednesday (2). Images from security cameras released by police a day after the incident show the animal by jumping the wall to the street, chasing and knocking the woman on the floor and then jumping toward two children. According to authorities, the woman was injured and suffered scratches and bruises, and the two children, 5 and 7, were hospitalized after the attack. The country’s wildlife department captured the lion, which was kept unlicensed at the house and sent him to a local safari park. The owner was arrested by the police. Leo jumping home wall where he was raised as illegally estimation Reuters in Pakistan is not uncommon for wild cats to be raised as a pet. Keeping exotic animals as pets have been encouraged by social media, with owners often displaying their animals online as status symbols. “I know many people who have large felines as pets. Most of them are not interested in reproduction, but keep them as a symbol of power and influence on society,” says the 30 -year -old Pakistani Qaim there, who had a lion, but sold him after he attacked his nephew. Mubeen Elahi, Director General of the Provincial Department of Wildlife and Parks, states that there are 584 lions and tigers in homes and reproduction farms in Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan. Last week’s incident led to an operation that has already confiscated 18 lions that were also illegally created and arrested eight people. Elahi says that all lions and tiger creation farms will be inspected by the end of this week. “According to the new regulations for the breeding of large felines, no individual is allowed to create a license unlinked, without respecting the required cage size and without following other standard operational procedures. The penalty is up to seven years in prison.

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