Karnataka Forest official says lion in viral video was provoked

A recent viral video of a lion chasing visitors in a zoo safari in Karnataka's Ballari district according to zoo official h been taken 45 days ago. Ballari zoo Executive Director Sonal Varshi on October 13, in a statement, said that incident occurred towards end of August and that it is thing new as tigers and lions chase visitors in ir territory. 61-second video surfaced on social media, where six-year-old lion named Keshri is seen chasing a vehicle that has a group of visitors. video was shared by a lot of users on sites and apps like Youtube, Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook. Many television news channels too aired viral video. 

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Forest official reacts

incident occurred in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological Park, which is named after former Indian Prime Minister. forest official said that lion who lives in park located in Ballari, woke up while driver took jeep close to it and raised throttle. This provoked animal to charge up and run behind vehicle at its high speed. jeeps and or vehicles used for safari have grills and mesh as a safety measure as prevention to any attack by wild animals such as tigers and lions. While speaking about lion, forest officer Varshi said that Keshri was a new entrant in park and it was released in protected area to settle down. lion is w used to vehicles and visitors by w, she ded. 

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Reactions on social media

viral video received many reactions on social media. video was taken by one of tourists who remains unnamed till w. Many internet users have bashed ones who are in vehicle for unnecessarily troubling lion. A user on YouTube wrote that it is t a dog that is chasing ir car, it is a lion and people should stop boring it. Ar user wrote that please don't disturb majestic animal as he is our pride. A third user jokingly wrote, "Lion is like, why se guys are running from me? I just want to say hi".

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(With inputs from ncies)