The Asian Age

Zookeeper mauled by 2 lions at Oz

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Sydney: Two lions mauled and critically injured a zookeeper inside their enclosure Friday at a closed Australian zoo. Emergency services were called to Shoalhaven Zoo north of Sydney on Friday morning where a 35-year-old woman suffered serious head and neck injuries, police and ambulance statements said. She was airlifted to a Sydney hospital and remained in critical condition. The zoo is closed to the public because of Coronaviru­s pandemic. Ambulance officer Faye Stockman described the attack as “absolutely harrowing,” adding it was frightenin­g to be the first to walk into the enclosure to treat the zookeeper.

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