Police have declared a crime scene at the zoo. Shoalhaven Zoo declined to comment. (Representative)
SYDNEY:
Two lions attacked a worker at an Australian zoo on Friday while cleaning their enclosure, causing serious head and neck injuries, officials said.
Paramedics treated 35-year-old man at Shoalhaven Zoo in New South Wales (NSW), which has been closed since March 25 due to stops to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus .
She was then flown to the hospital in critical but stable condition, the police said in a statement.
Inspector Faye Stockmen, operations manager of the NSW Ambulance, said she had to enter the lion’s den to reach the zoo keeper in “an incredibly dangerous situation, both for the patient and for the paramedics.”
“I have never encountered such a job in my career,” she said in a statement.
“It was absolutely painful.”
Police have declared a crime scene at the zoo. Shoalhaven Zoo declined to comment.
Attacks by wildlife in zoos are relatively common. Last year, a Sumatran tiger attacked a worker at a zoo in Kansas, United States, and in another incident, a Jaguar attacked a woman taking a selfie at a zoo in the US state. Arizona.
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