According to reports, the lion escaped from the park situated at Dong community of Jos North Local Government Area causing panic among residents of nearby Dong, State and Federal Low-cost housing estates, Rantiya, Miango Road and Tudun Wada.
The ferocious beast, said to have been caged in the park since 1972, escaped around 8am when park attendants went to the cage to feed it but a staff of the Tourism Cooperation confirmed “the lion was sighted within the park premises and shot dead before it could cause any harm to people.”
The lion was said to have been roaming the vicinity of the park which is not fenced. Efforts were then made to recapture it with security outfits in the state deployed to the area to assist in keeping the animal within the park premises.
Efforts made to speak with the Acting General Manager of the State Tourism Corporation, Mr John Doy, whose organization oversees the park, was unsuccessful as he did not pick his calls but a staff who confirmed the killing of the lion lamented the death of the carnivore.
The lion was shot dead while it was still within the premises of the wild life park
He noted: “We are not really having any significant animals in the park. It is the lion and the elephant that attract tourists the most but now that the lion is gone, we are sad because we cannot say exactly when we will have another.
“Since we lost the last hippo some years back, there has not been any replacement. We just pray that this case will be different because tourists may not really be excited if there are no high profile animals in the park.”
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