A woman has lost an arm after she was attacked by a big cat at a zoo in Queensland’s Darling Downs on Sunday morning.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics were called to Darling Downs Zoo, on Baines Road at Pilton, about 35 kilometres south of Toowoomba, at 8.23am.
There, they found a woman in her 50s with “significant arm injuries” who they airlifted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, about 110 kilometres north-east of the zoo, in a stable condition.
Lions at Darling Downs Zoo on Sunday, after a woman was mauled earlier that morning.Credit: Nine News
It is understood the woman’s arm was lost during the attack.
Phoned for comment, a staff member at the zoo said “nobody is taking phone calls today”. A couple of hours later, the zoo released a statement via social media.
“At approximately 8.30 this morning a much loved member of our family was watching keepers working in the carnivore precinct,” a zoo spokesperson said.
“This is something that she has done many, many times over the past 20 years. She is well versed in safety protocols around potentially dangerous animals.
“Inexplicably, at this stage, one animal grabbed her by one arm and caused severe damage to it.”
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