- Saturday, July 27, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
A FREELY roaming lioness on the streets of Karachi in Pakistan on Tuesday (5) and attacking a person left everybody shocked and a video of the incident went viral in no time and even forced a former Pakistan cricket captain to react with horror.
In the video, it was seen that the animal strolling through a residential area in Karachi in broad daylight with open shops and vehicles parked around before attacking a man. Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram raised an alarm by sharing the video and asked why nobody was talking about such a dangerous incident of a lioness attacking a human being on a busy city road.
How come no one is talking about a lion on karachi streets attacking people ? #karachithings #JustSaying pic.twitter.com/FzIckAC5t2
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) September 3, 2023
In the video which was taken from the balcony of a nearby house, the feline was seen attacking the man, but he managed to save himself. It then went towards a barricaded area.
According to reports, the local police said the lioness is a pet and escaped from her cage while being taken for medical treatment.
Pakistan’s Samaa TV later reported that the animal, which was walking down Karachi’s Shahrah-e-Faisal boulevard, had finally been caught. It said wildlife department officials reached a building near a local college where the lioness went and captured it.
The animal’s owner was apprehended, it was told.
Sindh wildlife department conservator Javed Mehar said it was illegal to keep lions in residential areas, Samaa TV added.
He also said that there is a black market for wild animals in Pakistan and people often keep them illegally.
