A FOUR-year-old girl had her scalp torn off by a lioness after it attacked her and her dad through a fence. Dina-Marie de Beer was visiting the Veltevrede Lion Farm in South Africa on Sunday when t…
A FOUR-year-old girl had her scalp torn off by a lioness after it attacked her and her dad through a fence.
Dina-Marie de Beer was visiting the Veltevrede Lion Farm in South Africa on Sunday when the attack took place.One of the lioness at the Veltevrede Lion Farm where Dina-Marie was attacked She was in her father's arms when they were attacked through the fence by the juvenile lioness, whose claws penetrated part her skull and ripped off her scalp.Netwerk24 reportedThe family, who are from Pretoria, reportedly visited the lion park on their way home from a holiday so that Dina-Marie could pet a cub.
Dina is in a critical condition in hospital and a part of her skull was reportedly removed to relieve pressure on her brain., Dina and her dad “got a bit too close, the lion grabbed him through the fence” and added he hoped she would have “a quick recovery”. The manager of the farm, Charlene van Wyk, called the incident a "freak accident" and said that rules clearly state visitors shouldn’t stand too close to the fence.According to reports at the time, youngest girl bent down to pet one of the lions, when an 8-month-old lioness jumped on her from behind and got hold of her ponytail.
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