Man who climbed into lion's enclosure to take selfie mauled to death

A man in southern India was mauled to death by an Asiatic lion after he jumped into his enclosure, forest department officials said.

Prahlad Gujjar, 38, scaled a 12-foot high fence and jumped into the lion’s enclosure at Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in Tirupati on Thursday, Feb.

Gujjar, from Alwar district in Rajasthan, reportedly jumped into the enclosure to take a selfie with the lion and was believed to be in an intoxicated state, according to local media reports.

But he jumped into the water tank inside the enclosure. 

“When he saw the security guard running towards him, Gujjar jumped onto a water tank and climbed over the 12-foot-high fence surrounding the enclosure, which has a lion and two lionesses,” Officer Gard said.

“He jumped and fell in front of the lion, which mauled him

Man dares lion for a selfie, jumps into enclosure, gets mauled.40-year-old Prahlad Gujjar jumped into a lion enclosure for a selfie in Tirupati SV Zoo park