- Woman mauled by lion at a zoo
- She lost her arm in the attack
A woman has had her arm ripped off following a horrific lion attack at a Queensland zoo.
The woman, aged in her 50s, was mauled at Darling Downs Zoo near Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, at 8.23am on Sunday.
The woman was flown to Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital with a ‘significant arm injury’.
She is currently in a stable condition.
In a Facebook post the zoo said it was closed due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.
Darling Downs Zoo’s managing director Steve Robinson has been keeping African Lions, and managing their husbandry and welfare, for nearly 50 years.
With his wife, Stephanie, they began breeding lions in 1997.
In 2002 they moved their animal collection to the Darling Downs and started building the Darling Downs Zoo.
A woman has been attacked by a lion at a zoo with her arm ripped off (stock image)
The zoo has tawny lions and rare white lions, as well as two lion cubs.
Two weeks ago, the zoo posted that its 14-year-old lionesses enjoyed ‘the company of humans immensely’.
‘Each day at 10am they are on supervised display to our visitors and are also available for some personalised encounters,’ the post read.
‘These encounters are strictly monitored to ensure their enjoyment of them and their wellbeing.’
