The owner of a game farm in the Dinokeng Game Reserve, north of Pretoria, was killed in a lion attack on Tuesday.

The man died while tending to his lions in their enclosure. Several of them were later killed by the farm workers.

“The decision to shoot the lions was made by people on the premises in order to get to the deceased,” Best Care spokesperson Xander Loubser advised. “It is now a police matter, so the man’s remains have not yet been removed.”

The police are on the scene investigating the incident.