Lion kills Gib macaque in Scottish safari park
Stock image of a macaque in Gibraltar
Pic by Eyleen Gomez 16th December 2020
A macaque from Gibraltar has been killed by a lion in a Scottish safari park after escaping from its enclosure.
The nine-year old macaque, named Shaw, was one of 30 monkeys shipped from the Rock to Blair Drummond Safari Park, near Stirling, in 2014 as part of a plan to control the monkeys that were causing havoc in town at the time.
Shaw was one of two macaques that escaped through the gates of their enclosure into a nearby compound where the lions were housed.
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Shocked families watch lions maul escaped monkey to death in Brit safari park horror
The big cats set upon the Barbary macaque monkey after it escaped its enclosure at Blair Drummond Safari Park in Scotland. The park apologised for the distressing sight
Shocked families looked on as lions mauled an escaped monkey to death at a safari park (Image: Daily Record)
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Families watched in horror as an endangered monkey was mauled to death by a pride of lions at one of the UK’s leading safari parks.
An investigation has been launched after the Barbary macaque escaped from its own reserve and climbed into the lions’ den.
Its screams could be heard across the Blair Drummond Safari Park as the big cats tore at its neck and limbs in full view of paying customers.
One of the park’s keepers tried to shield the gravely injured monkey by parking his pick-up truck over its stricken body, but a lion snatched it from under the vehicle and ran off with it in its jaws.