Three employees of an animal park injured by a yak in Loire-Atlantique

The accident occurred early Thursday morning, while the Planète Sauvage animal park was still closed.

Occupied to get two yaks into a truck that was to take them to another park, employees were injured by the load of one of the animals.

According to

, three employees of the Port Saint-Père animal park (Loire-Atlantique) were injured, one of them more seriously.

The vital prognosis of the victim is not engaged.

The accident occurred during the transfer of the animals.

The main victim was hit by the yak in the stomach.

Originally from the plains of the Himalayas, the yak is a robust ruminant.

With a long pair of horns, the animal weighs several hundred kilos.

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