Breaking Woman loses her arm after lion attacks her at Darling Downs Zoo EnglishHeadline

A feminine zookeeper has suffered a severe arm damage following a horrific lion assault at a Queensland zoo.

It’s understood the lady, aged in her 50s, had her arm ripped off after she was mauled at Darling Downs Zoo close to Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, at 8.23am on Sunday.

The lady was flown to Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital with a ‘vital arm damage’.

She is at the moment in a steady situation. 

In a Fb publish the zoo mentioned it was closed on Sunday on account of ‘unexpected circumstances’. 

Darling Downs Zoo’s managing director Steve Robinson has been holding African Lions, and managing their husbandry and welfare, for practically 50 years. 

Along with his spouse, Stephanie, they started breeding lions in 1997. 

In 2002 they moved their animal assortment to the Darling Downs and began constructing the Darling Downs Zoo. 

Paramedics deal with a lady who has had her arm ripped off following a horrific lion assault at a Queensland zoo

A girl has been attacked by a lion at a zoo along with her arm ripped off (inventory picture)

The zoo has tawny lions and uncommon white lions, in addition to two lion cubs. 

Guests will pay $150 for an up shut encounter with the lions, tigers and leopards. 

The web site states a specifically skilled keeper accompanied visitors as they went behind the scenes to feed the massive cats, billing it as a ‘thrill of a lifetime’.

Two weeks in the past, the zoo posted that its lionesses loved ‘the corporate of people immensely’.

‘Every day at 10am they’re on supervised show to our guests and are additionally accessible for some personalised encounters,’ the publish learn.

‘These encounters are strictly monitored to make sure their enjoyment of them and their wellbeing.’ 

The pure lifespan of lions was normally solely as much as round 14 years within the wild however in captivity they will dwell for much longer in keeping with the zoo.

The zoo is residence to a number of massive cat species together with Sumatran tigers, cheetahs and leopards.

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