A lion tore the scalp of a 4-year-old girl who wanted to play with puppies

May 16, 2019

The baby was in a tourist farm with his father when she came into the cage to play with the puppies but the lion attacked her; The victim is in serious condition.

A four-year-old girl was brutally attacked at a tourist farm in Heilbron, South Africa. The baby was with his father when she approached the animal's cage to play with the puppies, but Lion he saw that he was too close, attacked him and tore his scalp.

The baby, identified as Dina-Marie de Beer, was walking with her family on the Weltevrede Tourist Farm, where tourists can surround themselves with wildlife and take pictures, according to the South Africa Newspaper. Local news.

The witnesses badured that the Lion He was in a cage with several of his little ones and he reacted so violently when he saw that Dina-Marie was just a few steps away from her little ones.

The victim, four years old, had to be rushed to the nearby hospital because the wounds to the head were so deep that she had to remove part of the skull to relieve the pressure on the brain.

The father, identified as Pieter, suffered only minor injuries, but the girl will face a slow recovery.

According to local newspapers, this is not the first time that a person is attacked by an animal on the farm of Weltevrede. A similar event occurred last week, when a man was also bitten by a man. Lion. Another incident occurred in 2010, when two sisters were victims of lion bites.

The owner of the installation, Nico Roets, tried to play down these episodes and pointed out that the lions "often play games" to explain that the Lion It's a dangerous and wild animal.

Source: TN

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