A circus has rejected calls for a lion who locked its jaws around a keeper’s throat and dragged him to be killed.
Keeper Steeve Loberot suffered serious injuries in the attack, and was only saved when his wife sprayed a fire extinguisher into the ring, forcing the 220kg beast away from him.
Horrifying video shows children screaming during the mauling by a male lion named Chirkane.
The distressing scenes, posted to Facebook, show the tamer, 34, set upon by the male cat, who then hauled its victim around the pen while horrified onlookers rushed out of their seats.
It happened midway through a show in Doullens, northern France on Sunday afternoon.
Mr Loberot needed a five-hour operation to save his life, having suffered injuries to his head, necks and legs.
Luckily for the keeper, whose legs Chirkane was supposed to walk through, his wife Kelly was quick-thinking enough to blast the animal with a fire extinguisher, giving him a chance to escape.
In a Facebook post, Buffalo Circus said the tamer was getting better, and hit out at detractors calling for the lion to be put to death.
A source at the circus told the Courier: ‘It’s hard to understand why he attacked his tamer when they’ve been working together for years.
‘Perhaps it was because of the heat season, the smell of the grass which a dog could have urinated on, or the changing weather.’
But he said the lion’s days of performing in circuses are over, stating: ‘It will probably be placed in a zoo or elsewhere.’
The arena was pumped with spray to distract the lion, who lost sight of its victim as the tamer scrambled to safety. The person who captured the video posted it to Facebook and described how the day had ended in horror.
Writing on social media, she wrote: ‘It’s my girl who screams in the video, she cried all night.’
A representative for the circus said the tamer had been working with lions for years.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
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A circus has rejected calls for a lion who locked its jaws around a keeper’s throat and dragged him to be killed. Keeper Steeve Loberot suffered serious injuries in the attack, and was only saved when his wife sprayed a fire extinguisher into the ring, forcing the 220kg beast away from him. Horrifying video shows […]
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