Lion kills wildlife park employee in South Africa

{A provincial conservation agency in South Africa says a lion killed an employee at a wildlife park.}

The Ezemvelo agency says the attack happened in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park in KwaZulu-Natal province on Monday.

Agency spokesman Musa Mntambo said Wednesday that the 45-year-old employee was attacked after walking to a river to turn on a water pump servicing a nearby tourist lodge.

Mntambo says the female lion had tuberculosis and a leg injury, preventing it from hunting wildlife.

The Ezemvelo agency says park staff killed the lion.

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