A man, aged 30, working at a crocodile and lion ranch in Addo, near Uitenhage was killed by lions on Sunday morning, Eastern Cape police said.
“It is alleged that the man climbed over a fence and sat on a pole when one of the lions got hold of his legs,” said Warrant Officer Gerda Swart.
She said the incident happened at about 05:00.
The lions pulled him off the pole and he could not be reached soon enough.
“The man was killed in the process.”
An inquest into the death has been opened.
– SAPA