Bitten by a Zebra.
Though nover hurt by the bears or lions, Button, the late head keeper of the lion house of the London Zoo, was nearly killed by a zebra. The correct facto of this curious acoident were as follows. The zebra, which was known to be very eav*ge, was turned out into a yard, the sliding door between the yard and its stall being pushed to, but not fastened by the man whose duty it was to do so. Sutton was in the inner stall putting in fresh h&y, when the zebra beard him. He also heard it trot up to the door, and the nt-xt moment saw its muzz'e pushed against tbe crack which had been left between the edge o! o'ie dcor and the post.
It slid the door back in a moment, ran in, and stooping its head, seized him below the knee, and threw him violently on his back. It held on to his leg, biting go severely that it craeki d the shin-boue, though gutton, who was lying on his back, kicked it hard with the other foot. The other men drove it off with, stable forks, bnt the keeper was laid up for 13 weeks from the effects of the bite. — Spectator.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 52
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