A lioness entered a family’s garden and took their pet Rottweiler dog in a terrifying video that has gone viral on social media.
The incident happened on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, when a lioness jumped the family’s garden gate and ran away with the pet in its jaws in the middle of the night, local media reported and the video shows.
The viral video, captured by a CCTV camera, shows the lioness leaping over the garden wall. He is then seen glancing at the garden before jumping into it. However, in a cruel moment, she then reappeared with the lifeless dog between her jaws and disappeared into the environment.
The family expressed shock and sadness after the lioness left with their pet, who was named Jaci and has a twin brother Laser.
The lioness was only a few meters away while we were looking for our dog
Later, the dog’s owner Sylvia Wamai stated that the incident happened on May 21 and that the lioness took less than 10 minutes to get the dog. He told the BBC: “It didn’t even take 10 minutes. Just like that, we lost our dog.” “We were shocked because we were outside looking for our dog and the lioness was just a few meters away from the gate,” Wamai added.
Reports said the family resided in an area bordering a national park. The dog’s owner said the presence of wild animals was common in the area, however, she said it was unbelievable that the lioness would enter their home and take their dog. Such a move is considered a desperate solution for a lion, with experts believing it was driven by necessity.
In February this year, a man was mauled to death by a lion after entering his cage to take a selfie. The incident happened in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where a man identified as 38-year-old Prahlad Gujjar from Alwar in Rajasthan, entered the enclosure and tried to take a selfie with the lion.
Lions have also appeared in Europe in recent times, with most of the few incidents involving lions that had escaped from circuses or zoos, or otherwise turned out to be a spectacular fiasco.
