The only thing I can think is thank goodness she died pretty quickly via a broken neck. I can’t even imagine being mauled by something that big. For whatever reason, many in our society have put “nice” attributes to wild animals. A lion is not cuddly.. it is a wild animal that will kill you.
They said on the news that the door to the cage had been left partially open so he was able to get his paw under there and lift it up.
What are the odds that this naive girl did that on purpose hoping that Cous Cous would lift up the door and come in to see her.
Did you ever see the YT vid of the photographer who got out of his family’s car, with wife and baby still inside, to get “better shots” of 3-4 lionesses? They attacked and ate him alive, on camera. It was beyond awful, with his wife and child going apoplectic and another cameraman trying to “shoo” the huge cats away from their kill. I won’t go into details, but after watching it 3x several years ago, I can still close my eyes and visualize it all. His family sued the jungle park for his stupidity; legal outcome unknown to me.
That’s right. They are called “wild” animals for a reason. I don’t care how cute they look, if there wasn’t a cage between you and them, they will kill you. People get some deadly stupid ideas in their heads about animals sometimes. They don’t think like people. They want to eat people.
THE MANEATERS OF TSAVO and THE MANEATERS OF KUMAON should be required reading for these people.
Maybe a read of DEATH IN THE LONG GRASS and other books by PETER H CAPSTICK. If you get through the first paragraph you will be hooked and can’t put it down.