A woman in her 50s has been rushed to hospital after sustaining significant injuries from a lion attack at a zoo in Queensland.
Emergency services were called to the Darling Downs Zoo, a popular wildlife park near Toowoomba, about 8.30am on Sunday morning (local time), following reports a woman hadbeen bitten by the big cat.
It is understood the woman, reportedly an employee of the zoo, lost her arm in the attack.
Paramedics flew her to Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital in a stable condition.
Recently, the zoo promoted supervised encounters with its lionesses on social media.
“Each day at 10am they are on supervised display to our visitors and are also available for some personalised encounters,” the zoo shared.
“These encounters are strictly monitored to ensure their enjoyment of them and their wellbeing.
“Every cent of the money that they raise goes into a fund to build an expanded multi pride lion complex to cater for the needs of our enlarged lion family.”
