Panic as Hyena escapes from wildlife park in popular northern state

• There is tension in Dong Community of Jos North local government Area of Plateau state after the unthinkable happened
• A hyena escaped from the community wildlife park on Sunday, July 7, 2024, causing serious panic among residents
• The General Manager of Plateau State Tourism Corporation, Chuwang Pwajok, gave an update on the incident on Monday, July 8

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Jos, Plateau state - A hyena has escaped from a local wildlife park in Dong Community of Jos North local government Area of Plateau state.

The wide animal was said to have escaped from its enclosure at the community wildlife park on Sunday, July 7.

The Plateau State Tourism Corporation said efforts were underway to track the escaped hyena. Note: Photo used only for illustration purposes Photo credit: Sylvain CORDIER/Gamma-Rapho
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As reported by The Nation, the incident has triggered panic among residents of Dong and nearby State and Federal Low-Cost estates.

The General Manager of Plateau State Tourism Corporation, Chuwang Pwajok, said efforts were underway to track the escaped hyena.

Pwajok denied the hyena escaped because of hunger and starvation.

“The effort has been ongoing since yesterday all through today, and the report reaching me at the Jos Wildlife unit has it clearly that the animal, the expectation at least, will not wander off far from its abode because It hasn’t been acclimatised to the surrounding environment and all it knows is the Jos Wildlife Park.“You know the park is quite a huge span of land and all hands are on the deck in trying to locate the animal and lure it back into its enclosure.

9-year-old lion kills staff on OAU campus

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a staff of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Olabode Olawuyi, was killed by a lion in the university's zoological garden in Ile-Ife, Osun state

Abiodun Olanrewaju, the spokesperson of the university, disclosed the incident in a statement on Monday, February 19. According to Olanrewaju, Olawuyi was attacked while feeding the lion, an activity he had done for over nine years.

Olawuyi, until his death, was a veterinary technologist who had been in charge of the OAU zoological garden for over a decade.

Source: Legit.ng