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Georgette Leah Burns, Associate Professor, Griffith School of Environment and Science, Griffith University

Queensland’s horrific lion attack shows wild animals should not be kept for our amusement

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Last weekend, a woman was mauled by a lioness at Darling Downs Zoo in Queensland, and lost her arm. The zoo, which keeps nine lions, has been operating for 20 years and had never experienced an incident such as this.

The victim was a relative of the zoo owner, Steve Robinson, who told the media the lions were not aggressive and the lioness was thought to be “just playing”.

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