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In Lahore, on the evening of 2 July, a lion came out on the road after closing the wall.
The owner of a pet lion in Lahore city of Pakistan has been arrested by the police. The lion attacked a woman and her 2 young children and injured her.
The attack took place on Wednesday night, when the lion left his cage and reached a residential area and pounced on the woman and her five and seven years old.
The CCTV video of this attack has also surfaced, in which the lion can be seen entering a wall and attacking people. In this, the woman can be seen handling herself and then running for help, while some people around are running around in fear.
The owner did not try to stop the lion
The Lahore police have registered a case of keeping a lion without a license and negligence on the lion owner. Police officer Faisal Kamran said that the attack of the lion caused injuries to the faces and hands of women and children.
According to the police report, the father of the children said that the owners of the lion were present on the spot, but they did not try to stop the lion and just stood and kept looking at everything. After some time, the lion himself returned to his boss farmhouse, from where he was caught by police and wildlife officials and taken to Zoo Park.
Lion cradle status symbol in Pakistan
Wildlife laws in Lahore have recently been changed, according to which if found guilty in such crime, there may be a fine of up to 7 years and a fine of up to 50 lakh Pakistani rupees.
Many rich people in Pakistan consider dangerous and foreign animals like lions, tigers, leopards, cradle status symbols. People also consider it a symbol of strength and wealth. However, for this, legal permits and a lot of fees have to be paid. Apart from this, it is necessary to make necessary security arrangements, but most people ignore them.
Punjab Police recovered 13 lions
In Pakistan, they have to register large cat species animals to legally make them and pay a lump sum 50,000 Pakistani rupees (about $ 176) for every animal. According to the rule, these dangerous animals can only be kept outside the city.
Lahore, which is in Punjab province, is the second largest city in Pakistan and the incident occurred there. Following this incident, officials in Punjab campaigned against illegal wildlife. In this, he has arrested 5 people so far and recovered 13 lions.
YouTuber punished for raising a lion baby
Rajab Butt has millions of followers and his week -long wedding was very much discussed in Pakistan.
In January this year, a Pakistani YouTuber was ordered to make videos related to animal welfare as a punishment for raising a child without a license. Rajab photographed the lion’s child during his marriage in December.
Rajab was gifted this lion’s child by another YouTuber named Omar Dola. The court has ordered that Butt will give information about animal rights and care to its audience by making a five -minute video every month for the next one year.