Lions maul zookeeper

A ZOOKEEPER has been critically injured when she was mauled by two lions inside an enclosure on the NSW south coast.

Emergency services were called to Shoalhaven Zoo in Nowra yesterday morning, with the 35-year-old suffering serious head and neck injuries in what was described as an “extremely vicious” attack.

The woman was cleaning the enclosure at the time, with the zoo closed to the public because of COVID-19.

The woman was flown to St George Hospital and remains in a critical condition.

NSW Ambulance duty operations manager Faye Stockmen described the attack as “absolutely harrowing”.