A South African woman who worked at Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage in Zimbabwe was killed when she was attacked by an adult lion on Tuesday morning.
Robyn Lotz, 26, from Pretoria, whose life's mission was caring for and rehabilitating neglected and injured wild animals, was attacked after a worker presumably didn't close the gate to the lion's cage properly. Clinton Lubbe, 37, Lotz's brother-in-law, said on Wednesday the workers had apparently been cleaning the lion cages.
According to a post on the Facebook page of the animal rehabilitation centre, the lion pushed the gate open and crawled through a smaller gate, used to throw grass into the cages. "Unfortunately Robyn and two other workers were nearby. The lion grabbed Robyn by the back of her head.
"Although it was just a few minutes before Kevin (a staff member) brought the rifle, to the people involved, it felt like the attack lasted for hours," the post states.
Lotz was immediately rushed to the Mater Dei hospital where the staff battled to save her life.
"She died just after 10:00.
This is no joke.
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