VIDEO: Mohawk the Lion Killed by Wildlife Rangers After Attacking Man

The Kenya Wildlife Service said there was no choice but to shoot 13-year-old Mohawk the Lion, which had escaped from Nairobi National Park, as tranquilizers had not yet arrived when Mohawk attacked the man.

Mohawk is one of Kenya’s most famous big cats.

The animal management team that first arrived had no tranquilizers, only rifles. A second, with tranquilizers, was on its way, but the first team killed the animal before arriving because he posed an immediate threat to human life, a spokesman for Kenya Wildlife Services said.

This was the third time in two months that lions had escaped from Nairobi National Park.

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