An employee of an animal park in southwestern Sweden was gored to death by a large antelope, the attraction's owner said on Monday.
A file photo shows a giant eland, a species native to southern Africa that is considered the largest of the world's antelopes. An employee of an animal park in southwestern Sweden was gored to death by a large antelope, the attraction's owner said Monday. Richard Berglund told reporters that he witnessed the incident involving an eland as he was helping the victim take the animals into stables after the park had closed. He didn't give details.
Police said the case is being considered a"workplace accident," which is standard procedure.It was not known precisely what happened inside the enclosure. The identity and citizenship of the deceased employee was not given.There are two species of eland, both native to southern Africa, with the giant variety listed as the largest antelope species in the world.
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