A lion mauled a 34-year old man to death at his home in the town of Zdechov in the eastern Czech Republic.
The man’s father discovered his son’s body inside the wooden cage in their back yard. He said the pen was locked from the inside.
To compound this needless tragedy, police shot and killed a male and female lion, on the property, claiming the murder of these animals was necessary to reach the man’s body.
Mr. Prasek purchased the male lion from Slovakia in 2016, and the lioness arrived last year. Prasek was an amateur lion breeder, did not have a breeding license, and failed to get permission from the council to build the enclosures.
Local authorities report they had fined Prasek for illegal breeding but were unable to take further action because Prasek wouldn’t give them access to the property. The police had no power to remove the animals as, according to them, there was no evidence of animal cruelty — and no facility to send the lions if they were confiscated.
“Today’s incident will perhaps finally help to resolve this long-term problem,” commented Zdechov mayor Thomas Kocourek.
This heartbreaking outcome is not a resolution; it’s a complete failure of a system that allowed an inexperienced person to purchase and imprison wild animals.
World Animal Protection is calling it a tragic event, saying it’s just one of many examples “why wild animals such as big cats are absolutely not to be kept as pets.”
Prasek was woefully unqualified and should never have been allowed to purchase and hold exotic animals. Last year, he was walking the lioness on a leash through a public area when a cyclist collided with the animal. The incident led to the cyclist seeing a doctor.
Big cat ownership is not illegal in the Czech Republic, so authorities have limited powers to control the issue. There are an estimated 250 big cats in private ownership in the country. Due to the lack of legislation, a man and two innocent lions are dead. Until there is strong legislation worldwide preventing exotic animals from being held in captivity, these tragic events will keep occurring.
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this lion must go to an accredited sanctuary…not locked up in a cage.
All these animal cruelty cases in this world, I just can’t comprehend why people have so much hate and anger in them to hurt or kill a innocent animal. They call them animals no humans are the wild animals. It’s so sad it breaks my heart.
And once again the human screws up and the animal dies for it. When will people understand? A wild animal is called a “wild animal” because it is a wild animal.
Of course they had to kill the Lions, because they were in a cage just ready to attack them (sarcasm)…..ignorant. I don’t feel bad for the man. They could have tranqulized the lions and move them to a sanctuary, or rehabilitate them to the wild. These are wild animals, when will these idiots understand they belong in the wild. They are not pets, and never can be. I don’t understand why people feel the need to keep exotic animals, that they can only look at. You can’t cuddle them, you can’t play fetch, you can’t take them for a walk. What’s the point of making them suffer in a cage all day….bragging rights? Get the heck out of here. He got what was coming to him, maybe he wanted to die if the cage was locked from the inside. I only feel bad for the Lions.
So cruel for these poor wild animals. May they rest in peace.
– First off, all so-called “breeding” of apex predators, especially the Patherines (a family, which Lions, Tigers, Jaguars, Leopards are part of), must be made illegal everywhere! And punished duly!
– Furthermore, the filthy vermin that shot the animal, must be eradicated. Executed at the very least. No exceptions, no excuses.
SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHOT-it’s the mauled mans fault
Once again innocent animals have been murdered for doing what comes naturally to them. The brainless idiot that kept these lions as ‘pets’ got exactly what he deserved. I spare him NO sympathy or tears. Shame on the police ‘officers’ who killed the two lions, they’re obviously satisfying their blood-lust and perverted tastes for killing innocent animals. Still, what else can you expect from an Eastern European cess-pit country that doesn’t give a damn about ANY species……
Two innocent lions were murdered. The man got w he deserved. Too bad the lions did not.
Why killi ? their is an other methode !!!!!
I’m sorry for this man but perhaps he got what he deserved! Lions are not pets! They are wild animals who should be allowed the right and dignity to live in the wild not locked up in someone’s back yard! Seriously?!
And yet ..AGAIN… the stupidity of human reigns and because of that stupidity…more amimals, through no fault of their’s, has to suffer and pay the price with their lives. Nice going stubborn, brainless, who think they should own animals in the wild, humans. NEXT!
This is total failure of the system!! This man bought these lions and didn’t have permits. Who loses? The lions- they were destroyed needlessly. Shameful this happens all across the world.
This shows how stupid people are. They keep animals that are meant to live freely in the jungles of Africa and not n the Czech Republic where there are no dense forests or the climate suitable. There are no grasslands as well where African lions thrive. But these people seem to have no common sense. It was also wrong on the part of the Czech police to shoot the animals. It shows they have no experience with wildlife. Couldn’t they have tranquilized both the animals and transported them to a suitable zoo? It is time European countries stop keeping wildlife privately because the action is not only unjustified but needlessly cruel.
This is absolutely wrong that the cops shot and killed these beautiful cats! This was a chance those people took when they caged those cats and called them pets! No human has a right to remove these cats or any other wild animal from the home lands they are from to collect as pets or entertainment! This enrages me – leave these animals alone in their homeland! Any human that goes there to these animals homeland to remove them from there or to hunt them those people deserve to be shot in sight! Protect these animals from the careless evil human beings that think they have the right to do the rotten things they do to animals !
So due to a moron illegally owning these animals, 2 innocent lions were killed. Not surprised given the area. The “cops” should be prosecuted. Any petition for those idiots?
Two innocent lions had to die because some stupid human being was keeping them as pets. He got what was coming to him.
Ces animaux ne sont pas fait pour vivre en cage!!!inadmissible!!!!
LETTER TO THE POLICE
1)WHY SHOULD THE LION BE KILLED FOR THE FAULT OF A HUMAN?
2)WILD ANIMALS BELONG TO THE WILD, NOT TO THE HUMAN WORLD.
3)AUTHORITIES ARE TO BE BLAMED FOR ALLOWING THE PEOPLE TO HAVE WILD ANIMALS .THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH DEATHS!!!
4)THESE INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN OCCURRED SO MANY TIMES!!!!!WHEN AUTHORITIES WILL LEARN THEIR LESSON???????
5)THE LION HAS NOT KILLED ITS OWNER BUT THE AUTHORITIES!!!!!!!
TO ALL POLICE
1)WHY THE LION HAS TO PAY OF HIS LIFE, HIS OWNER S FAULT?
2)AUTHORITIES ARE TO BE BLAMED FOR BOTH DEATHS BECAUSE THEY ALLOW PEOPLE HAVING WILD ANIMALS AS PETS.
3)WILD ANIMALS BELONG TO THE WILD, NOT TO HUMAN WORLD.
4)THIS ACCIDENT HAS BEEN OCCURRED MANY TIMES .WHEN AUTHORITIES WILL LEARN THEIR LESSON???????????????????
The guy is a Candidate for The Darwin Award which celebrates the accomplishments of notable morons that manage to get themselves killed because they’re idiots, hopefully before they’re able to breed & produce little idiots. I’m sorry the lions were the collateral damage because this guy is such a dumbass. Lions do not belong in little cages in the backyard of some doofus.
Oh my goodness gayle…..WELL SAID!
The lions were murdered.
People.need.to.stop.have.bigcats.as.pet..that.is.crueil.to.have.bigcats..bigcats.need.to.be.in.the.wide..animal.silke.that.are.not.made.to.be..pet..
These animals are not to be kept as pets just to appeal to someone’s ego. Nor should they be kept for some idiot to breed them. Wild animals are just exactly that, wild. They belong in the wild or in a safe animal reserve.
Tragic that the lions were killed. As for the idiot- at least he died doing what he loved.
Why shoot to kill the lion and lioness? The police were only too happy to shoot and kill, instead of tranquilizing them, and relocating them. Talk about a major screwup. Amateur or not, the guy shouldn’t have had any such animal penned up. Unfortunately, he paid with his life for this mistake.
These two innocent beautiful lions should never been killed!!!😡😭
That’s the most tragic!
My take is that the police saw an opportunity to make a kill of a “savage” pair of lions.
Now they can go home and get laid. Nothing says loving than showing you’re a man.
Stupid people doing stupid things – and the animals involved always pay the ultimate price.
Heaven help us all.
Wild animals should not be kept as pets. They are meant to be in the wild.