A Brazilian teenager was mauled by a lioness in full view of zoo visitors on Sunday, after scaling a six-meter wall and safety fencing and shimmying down a tree into the enclosure, authorities said.

They build high walls around the big cat enclosures at zoos for a reason. Many of those cat species are capable of killing human beings with ease. These walls and moats usually keep people out, but ...

A man who climbed over 18 feet to enter a lion's enclosure was fatally attacked in front of horrified zoo visitors. Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, was mauled to death after he invaded a lioness' ...

(KTLA) – A lioness that killed a 19-year-old man at a Brazilian zoo in front of horrified zoo visitors is not expected to be euthanized, according to multiple media reports. The Nov. 30 incident ...

JOÃO PESSOA, Brazil — A 19‑year‑old man was killed Sunday after climbing into a lioness’s enclosure at the Arruda Camara Zoobotanical Park, shocking visitors who witnessed the attack. Authorities ...

A 19-year-old man was mauled to death after climbing into a lion enclosure Sunday morning in Brazil. Viral video captured the incident, showing the victim scaling a roughly 26-foot-tall fence to enter ...