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Reuters

Agence France-Presse

Two lions attacked a woman worker at an Australian zoo on Friday as she was cleaning their enclosure, inflicting critical wounds on her head and neck, officials said.
Paramedics treated the 35-year-old at the Shoalhaven Zoo, in New South Wales state, which has been closed since March 25 because of shutdowns to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
She was then airlifted to hospital in a critical but stable condition, police said in a statement.

NSW Ambulance duty operations manager inspector Faye Stockmen said she had to walk into the lions’ den to reach the zookeeper in an “incredibly dangerous situation, both for the patient and the paramedics”.
“I have never come across a job like this in my career,” she said in a statement. “It was absolutely harrowing.”
Police declared a crime scene at the zoo. Shoalhaven Zoo declined to comment.
Attacks by wild animals at zoos are relatively common. Last year, a Sumatran tiger attacked a worker at a zoo in Kansas, in the United States, and in a separate incident, a Jaguar attacked a woman taking a selfie at a zoo in the US state of Arizona.

Public broadcaster ABC said the zoo was the scene of a crocodile attack in 2014 when a handler was dragged into a pond by a 3.7-metre (12-foot) saltwater croc in front of about 60 spectators.
The crocodile released the handler, who suffered only minor injuries, the ABC said.
Police said they were investigating the latest attack.


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A New South Wales ambulance vehicle is seen at the Shoalhaven Zoo in Nowra, south of Sydney, after a staff member was critically injured in a lion attack. She was airlifted to a Sydney hospital. Photo: EPA-EFE

NSW Ambulance’ Inspector Faye Stockman speaks to the media at the Shoalhaven Zoo in Nowra, Friday, May, 29, 2020. A female staff member was attacked this morning a by a lion and has been airlifted to Sydney. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

epa08451214 Worksafe New South Wales (NSW) inspectors arrive at the Shoalhaven Zoo in Nowra, south of Sydney, Australia, 29 May 2020. A female staff member was critically injured after being attacked by a lion, The woman reportedly suffered face and neck injuries and has been airlifted to Sydney. EPA-EFE/DEAN LEWINS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

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The woman was cleaning the lion enclosure at Shoalhaven Zoo in New South Wales, which is currently closed under coronavirus restrictions
A paramedic said she had to walk into the lions’ den to reach the injured woman, describing it as ‘absolutely harrowing’



A paramedic said she had to walk into the lions’ den to reach the injured woman, describing it as ‘absolutely harrowing’.


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