A Canadian teen got a little too close for comfort to a lion she was
helping care for in a South African rehabilitation facility when the beast
tried to drag her into its cage by the legs.
Lauren Fagen, 18, was volunteering at the Moholoholo Wildlife
Rehabilitation Centre when she leaned in to kiss the beast's fur.
See pictures after the cut.
The Montreal girl was then pulled into the animal's cage, her legs
gnawed and gashed by the lion and its mate, before she was finally dragged away
by a lifesaving fellow volunteer.
it was the first attack at the 20-year-old center and, according to Moholoholo
founder Brian Jones, things could have been much worse.
‘This is quite mild – it’s a miracle it wasn’t worse,’ he said. ‘She
came here telling people that she wanted to hug an animal.’
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