Man wants to take a selfie in a lion cage and immediately regrets it

Lahore (Pakistan) - Because he wanted to impress his TikTok followers, a man from Pakistan climbed into a lion cage. He only just survived.

A terrible incident occurred on a dubious lion farm in Pakistan on Monday, reportsthe newspaper"The Tribune".

According to what is known, Muhammad Azeem wanted to take a close look at a big cat. The young man gained access to the cage and approached the lion with his cell phone in his hand. Apparently he wanted to film himself stroking the animal.

But the lion showed no mercy and followed his instincts. The TikToker was literally mauled, suffering severe injuries to its head, face and arms. Staff at the lion farm heard his screams and managed to rescue the young man from the predator's clutches.

The young man was taken to hospital, where he is recovering from the ordeal.

Following the terrible incident, the owner of the lion farm is now the focus of Pakistan's judiciary, reports the portal"Pro Pakistani".

Mian Umar Dolah, who likes to call himself "the Lion King", runs a dubious private zoo in the middle of a densely populated district of the metropolis of Lahore (population 13 million). The dubious breeder regularly shares videos on social media, showing his everyday life.

The "Lion King" is happy to show paying visitors around the tiny cages of his maltreated animals. Apart from that, the man seems to be running a thriving business with the unrestrained breeding of big cats (lions, tigers, leopards).

The authorities have now reacted. The "Lion King's" license has been revoked.

Bad incidents like this happen in private zoos time and again. In November , a pumamauled its owner's leg in the UK. Before that, a lion breeder in Slovakia was mauled by his own animals.