Late last month, in an accident at Tohoku Safari Park in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture, where a keeper was attacked and killed by a lion, it was found that the cage door was not locked and the keeper was dragged into the cage through the door opened to the lion.
This accident occurred on the 28th of last month at Tohoku Safari Park, a tourist facility in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture, when a man in his 50s who was in charge of lion breeding was attacked and killed by a lion at an indoor breeding facility.
The facility announced the results of the investigation based on surveillance camera footage.
According to the report, the lions were to be fed alone, separating the cage from the passage and closing and locking the door used by the keepers, but it turned out that the lions outside were housed in the cage with the door open.
The footage also confirmed that a man in the aisle at the time was dragged through a door that was left open by a lion who entered the cage.
According to the prefecture that conducted the on-site inspection, the facility's manual stipulates that when a lion is housed in a cage, it is necessary to point to and check that the door is locked, but it seems that the series of measures was insufficient, and the police and the Labor Standards Inspection Office are investigating whether there were any problems with safety management.