A Pakistani nature photographer
was almost attacked by a lion after going inside its home in Lahore Zoo Safari park
to get up-close and take photographs. Atif Saeed 38, just moments before the
lion made an offensive move is now going viral on the Internet. Atif says; the frightening
experience was "indescribable." I captured the spectacular photo in Jan, 2012 when he was
granted the permission to go inside the lion's habitat to take a photograph.
Atif drove his car in and sat on the ground near the car with the door left
open, and he was only a "jump away from the lion." However; the sense of the aggressive, imminent
lion from the camera is something that can't be described. I was witnessing
every small detail of movement that no photograph or movie can show. The lion
seemed to treat him like prey and after a few minutes, the lion
"offensively moved" in an attempt to attack him, so he straightaway
jumped in the car and fortunately escaped unscathed.
It was an indeed very
close encounter, and then I was laughing afterwards at the time, but I don't
think I'd ever be able to do something like that again. It was an adult male
lion and what I liked most about him was the lovely, dark hair on his neck. Lahore
Safari Park is in Pakistan and it would seem the lions are not shy of publicity.
As well as the remarkable lions, there’re also Bengal tigers, emus ostriches
and an array of birds. Therefore back in 2008 a Bengal tiger attacked a guard
in the park, thankfully he survived. Atif Saeed on Facebook
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