[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Why was the woman in a cage and why was a lion near the cage to begin with?

Did you even attempt to read the article? I mean even the excerpt at the top of the page has the information you seek.

The young woman worked as a volunteer at the big cat haven. She was cleaning the lion's pen as the lion was in a smaller enclosure being fed.

[central_va]

I am making fun of the stupid media headline. Lighten up.

A proper headline: Lion euthanized after escaping cage, killing woman