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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

UNCOVERED: Belfast zoo inquiry after worker locked in enclosure with lions - Caught on Camera

Two lions in a zoo
Lions in a zoo. A source said the person involved was ‘very lucky they weren’t killed or severely mauled’. Photograph: Slávek Růta/Rex/Shutterstock

Belfast city council has launched an investigation after a worker at the city’s zoo was allegedly locked in an enclosure with lions.

The incident happened last week when two workers entered the enclosure while the pride of Barbary lions were in their den. One worker left the enclosure and locked it, leaving the lions free to roam and the colleague with nowhere to go, the Belfast Telegraph reported on Thursday.

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