It may have been Woburn, and the keeper was trying to put the animal away for the night, but it was donkey's years ago -- can anyone else remember more detail?
It may have been Woburn, and the keeper was trying to put the animal away for the night, but it was donkey's years ago -- can anyone else remember more detail?
Jonathan Kingdon's book "East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa" (Volume IIIC) confirms that a keeper at Woburn was killed by a male eland.
When I first saw the above image I almost commented that if the eland put it's head in car to get fed, and got it's horns stuck on the way out - it would be pretty nasty.
Some people deserve to be victims of natural selection.
When I first saw the above image I almost commented that if the eland put it's head in car to get fed, and got it's horns stuck on the way out - it would be pretty nasty.
I am not being a killjoy but ever since a visit to West Midlands a few years ago I have become quite intrugued by this 'Risk' situation between visitors and 'tame' large ungulates at several of the Drive-thru Safari Parks. Where is 'Health and Safety' on this issue? No one would normally allow stranger/inexperienced persons near e.g. a Domestic bull on a farm and yet some of these animals are quite as dangerous, having lost most/all of their fear through close contact with people.
Having 'no feeding/touching' signs doesn't really reduce the risks either as the animals will still, as here, approach cars in the hope of food, put their heads in the windows etc. Even if not deliberately aggressive, the potential danger from misplaced horn swipes or a stuck head etc must be always present, not to mention on-going health risks from transfer of germs by saliva and other contacts.
