The owner of the lion that roamed on Shahrah-e-Faisal was asked to visit the Karachi Zoo on Friday after the animal refused to eat in the cage he was put in.

Abdullah was asked to visit the zoo and feed the lion, which was handed over to the zoo after it escaped his vehicle on August 29. Upon seeing his owner, the lion hugged Abdullah who fed the lion inside the cage.

Abdullah and four others were booked by the provincial wildlife department after the lion escaped their vehicle and strolled on Shahrah-e-Faisal near Ayesha Bawani College.

The wildlife department said that the suspects were moving the lion and a turtle illegally in a car when the lion escaped. It attacked a man as well who fortunately remained safe.

The lion had refused to eat at the hands of zoo management and was starving for two days, after which the zoo management requested Abdullah to visit the lion at the zoo.

After successfully feeding the lion, the management requested Abdullah to daily visit the zoo and feed the lion.

Leopard spotted in QAU Islamabad

The students and management were frightened after a leopard was spotted inside the Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad.

Sources said that officials of the wildlife department arrived at the scene after they were contacted soon a staff member reported to have spotted the animal in the bushes.

However, the wildlife officials said that despite carrying out a search operation, the leopard was not sighted again and was likely to have returned back to its den.