Teenager mauled to death after scaling barriers into lioness pen
Published date: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:58:50 +0700This is the horrifying moment a teenager climbed into a lioness enclosure at a city zoo and was fatally mauled in front of shocked visitors.
Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, died after entering the animal's pen at Parque Zoobotanico Arruda Camara in Joao Pessoa, in the Brazilian state of Paraiba, on November 30.
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30/11/2025 |
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Duration: 01:19 |
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