Man mauled to death by lion and lioness he had kept illegally in his backyard
Michal Prasek, 33, was found dead in the pen of his nine-year-old lion by his father who said the enclosure was locked from the inside
A Czech man was found mauled to death by a lion he kept illegally caged in his backyard. 33-year-old Michal Prasek, from the village of Zdechov, located in the Vsetin District in the Zlin Region, was found dead in the pen of his nine-year-old lion by his father, who said the enclosure was locked from the inside.
The Mirror reported that the 33-year-old's father noticed his son lying motionless in the enclosure of the animal from security camera footage at around 6 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, March 5. When police arrived at the scene, they shot dead the lion, as well as another lioness that was kept in a separate cage.