Hyena bites boy in South Africa

 

A 15-year-old South African boy has been bitten by a hyena while he was asleep in a tent at the world famous Kruger National Park, wildlife officials have said

The boy woke up to find a hyena around his jaw and the animal dragged him by the collar of his pyjama top before sitting on him, local media reports

South Africa's willdlife agency, SANParks, said the boy was rushed to hospital where he received medical treatment.
The hyena appeared to have crawled through a hole in a parameter fence to enter the park, it added.