{"id":709386,"date":"2019-09-24T17:16:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T17:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/24\/man-mauled-to-death-by-lion-he-kept-in-backyard\/"},"modified":"2019-09-24T17:16:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T17:16:39","slug":"man-mauled-to-death-by-lion-he-kept-in-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/24\/man-mauled-to-death-by-lion-he-kept-in-backyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Man mauled to death by lion he kept in backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man has been mauled to death by a lion caged at his family home in the eastern Czech Republic. <\/p>\n

Michal Prasek owned the nine-year-old big cat and another lioness for breeding, reportedly drawing concern from local residents.<\/p>\n

Mr Prasek\u2019s father found his body in the lion\u2019s cage and told local media it had been locked from the inside.<\/p>\n

The animals \u2013 living in separate pens \u2013 were shot dead by police called to the scene.<\/p>\n

A police spokesperson told local media that the shootings were \u201cabsolutely necessary for them to get to the man\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Prasek, 33, bought the lion in 2016 and the lioness last year, and
\n kept them both in home-made enclosures in his back yard in the village
\nof Zdechov.<\/p>\n

He had previously been denied planning permission to build the pens, and was subsequently fined for illegal breeding.<\/p>\n

But his conflict with the authorities reached a stalemate after he refused to let anyone onto his property.<\/p>\n

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\n lack of alternative facilities in the Czech Republic, or any evidence
\nof animal cruelty, also meant the lions could not be forcibly removed.<\/p>\n

Mr Prasek made headlines last summer after a cyclist collided with the lioness as he was taking her for a walk on a leash.<\/p>\n

After intervention by police, the incident was deemed a traffic accident.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s incident will perhaps finally help to resolve this long-term problem,\u201d said Zdechov mayor Tomas Kocourek.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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