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Lion Rips Woman's Arm Off
Reuters ^
| January 30, 2003
Posted on 01/30/2003 12:24:03 PM PST by Shermy
MADRID (Reuters) - A lioness in a Spanish animal sanctuary ripped the right arm off a British tourist after the 54-year old woman clambered up a barrier and stuck her fingers inside the cage, local media reported.
"The lady climbed up the three-meter high barrier...She climbed to the top and stuck her fingers inside the enclosure. Then Martha, one of the lionesses, grabbed her fingers, tugged her in and ripped her arm off," Serafin Domenech, owner of El Arca sanctuary near Alicante in southeast Spain, told state television Wednesday.
Local media said the woman, who had been at the park with a group of other British visitors, was airlifted to a hospital nearby.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: darwinatwork; dontfeeddalions; givetheladyahand; herekittykitty; holdmuharm; holdmywatneys; lion; lioness; ooohthathurt; ouch; stupidstupid; thatsmarts
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posted on
01/30/2003 12:24:03 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: Sabertooth; Sabretooth; mhking; Kenny Bunk
Ping.
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posted on
01/30/2003 12:24:40 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: Shermy
Darwin Award!
3
posted on
01/30/2003 12:24:52 PM PST
by
GOP_Proud
To: Shermy
"The victim, now known as "Lefty", is in serious condition at a nearby hospital".
4
posted on
01/30/2003 12:25:05 PM PST
by
Wolfie
To: Shermy
For the Right to Keep and Arm Bears!
To: Shermy
Here kitty kitty kitty......
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posted on
01/30/2003 12:25:21 PM PST
by
OXENinFLA
To: Shermy
"Here, hold my - AAAARGH!!!" Alet
To: Frank_Discussion
Alet = Alert
(Sheesh)
To: Shermy
Clearly an accident . She sould sue.
9
posted on
01/30/2003 12:26:18 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Will Code COBOL For Food)
To: GOP_Proud
She cant win the Darwin yet!
10
posted on
01/30/2003 12:26:29 PM PST
by
ewing
To: AppyPappy
Here's hoping her first hospital meal is NOT Elbow Macaroni!
To: Shermy
To: Shermy
Darwin Award!
To: Shermy
See, even the King of the Beasts is tired of that "Pull my finger" routine.
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posted on
01/30/2003 12:27:21 PM PST
by
theDentist
(So..... This is Virginia..... where are all the virgins?)
To: AppyPappy
What's really disturbing is the complete lack of imagination on the part of the Spanish zoo staff when it comes to naming the lions.
15
posted on
01/30/2003 12:27:32 PM PST
by
Wolfie
To: Shermy
What I want to know is how she managed to live through 54 years.
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posted on
01/30/2003 12:28:13 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave)
To: AppyPappy
If lions are outlawed, only outlaws will have lions!
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posted on
01/30/2003 12:28:17 PM PST
by
Bob Quixote
(will configure PCs, build databases...hell, do anything for food)
To: ewing
Darwin "nomination"!
To: Shermy
No! Bad kitty!
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posted on
01/30/2003 12:29:37 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(...not that this lady's exactly the sharpest crayon in the box, either...)
To: Shermy
ARTHUR LION: Now stand aside, worthy adversary.
BLACK KNIGHT BRITISH TOURIST: 'Tis but a scratch.
ARTHUR LION: A scratch? Your arm's off!
BLACK KNIGHT BRITISH TOURIST: No, it isn't.
ARTHUR LION: Well, what's that, then?
BLACK KNIGHT BRITISH TOURIST: I've had worse.
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posted on
01/30/2003 12:29:44 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
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