Zoo

Lovech Prosecution, along with Environment Ministry and the local municipality, started an investigation of the shooting of Alonso the jaguar, who escaped from his cage on Sunday. 

He was shot and killed by a local hunter near the fence of the zoo. Reports whether the hunting party first tried to tranquillize Alonso, before killing him, are contradictory. 

The jaguar which managed to escape from its cage at the zoo in the northern Bulgarian city of Lovech on Sunday, has been shot dead, the regional police directorate announced.

The animal was killed by a hunter two meters away from the zoo fences, Darik news informs. According to the city mayor Mincho Kazandzhiev “there was no other option” but to kill the jaguar.

A jaguar has escaped from its cage at the zoo in the northern Bulgarian city of Lovech, according to local police.

The jaguar escaped from its enclosure Sunday morning, according to reports of Darik radio.

The local police received a tip-off about the zoo escape at 9.40 am.