The park said that "euthanasia was never considered" for the lioness, who "shows no aggressive behavior outside the context of the incident." ...

A 19-year-old man was fatally attacked after climbing into a lioness enclosure at a Brazil zoo, shocking visitors and prompting an immediate investigation.

A TEENAGER mauled to death by a lioness in front of horrified visitors at a Brazil zoo has been pictured for the first time. Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, slipped into the big cat’s pen at the ...

A man died after climbing into a lioness enclosure at Brazil’s Bica Zoo. Video shows the lioness dragging him after he entered the habitat.

Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, was mauled to death after he invaded a lioness' enclosure at Parque Zoobotanio Arruda Camara in João Pessoa, Brazil, on Sunday morning, according to the Brazilian outlet ...

Video of the incident shows the man climbing over the fence before making his way down a nearby tree to enter the lioness’ enclosure.

In the video, witnesses watched in horror as the teen climbed the towering fence and shimmied down a nearby tree. A lion in ...

Gerson de Melo Machado was filmed making his way into the enclosure at Arruda Camera Park in Brazil before tragedy struck ...

A teen was mauled to death after he climbed a 20-foot wall to break into a lion enclosure at a popular zoo in Brazil. The Arruda Câmara Zoo, also known as Bica, said in a statement that the ...

A troubled teenager who dreamed of becoming a lion tamer was mauled to death in front of horrified zoo-goers after climbing a ...