Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, scaled the wall to the Brazilian zoo, Parque Arruda Câmara, and jumped into the lion enclosure ...

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

A radio-collared tigress, Kankati, briefly escaped her 82-sq km enclosure in Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve, causing panic as she crossed a road, but returned later. Forest officials cited monitoring ...

They build high walls around the big cat enclosures at zoos for a reason. Many of those cat species are capable of killing human beings with ease. These walls and moats usually keep people out, but ...

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

THIS is the horrifying moment a teen broke into a lion enclosure at a Brazilian zoo – before meeting a tragic end. Gerson Machado, 19, had previously tried to reach Africa as a plane ...

When Salli Squires Cook brought home her first rescue cat, Bubby, she decided he deserved nothing less than a life of luxury. What he needed, was a “pet palace.” So she reached out to Colorado-based ...

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 Arruda Câmara Zoobotanical Park in João Pessoa, on Sunday.

The victim slipped into the big cat's pen in a shocking repeat of earlier attempts to get close to lions as part of his obsession with becoming a trainer.

Wildlife enthusiast Brijesh Vijayvergiya termed the movement of the tigress a result of 'careless' monitoring and 'inadequate ...

The Cricket Wildlife Rehabilitation Center said its last missing African Serval was hit by a car Monday night after escaping ...