The Belfast City Council in London have launched an investigation at the Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland after a worker had allegedly been locked in a lion’s enclosure, with lions inside, earlier this month.
According to ABCNews, two zoo employees; one experienced and one person in training, were reported to have entered the enclosure to attend to the cats. The more experienced employee left the enclosure, but the other person remained with the pride of lions, with no means of exit. It is not known how long the employee was left alone with the lions.
The current population of lions include one male named Qays and two female lionesses named Fidda and Theibba.
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Belfast Zoo is home to a pride of Barbary lions. Our male lion, Qays, lives with two females named Fidda and Theibba
The Barbary lions are endangered, and the only surviving ones are in zoos. They are part of a global breeding program to ensure the breed’s survival. The pride have been at the Zoo since 2005 after being born at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent.
They have produced eight cuns.
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