RIYADH – A young child was mauled by a lion in Saudi Arabia. It has nowemerged that the lion was attracted by the butterfly hair clip worn by thegirl.
A video of the incident has now gone viral on social media, causing muchoutrage. In the video, children can be seen playing with a lion inside afenced-in platform. He broke free and started attacking the children.
The lion cub can be seen cornering a child before the trainer intervenedand was able to rescue her from the lion’s clutches.
Twitter feeds have been buzzing with outrage over the lack of concernregarding the children’s safety by the parents and the organisers of theevent, Alwast link> reported.
One of the witnesses to the event said that an organiser started askingchildren to enter the cage and interact with the lion cub. Some parentsdid send their children into the cage.
The cornered girl sustained minor scratches but she was badly shaken by theincident.
The six-year-old cub had been de-clawed before the show so he wouldn’t hurtthe children. He belongs to a well-known zoo-keeper, who said that the cubwas taken by the hair tie in the shape of a butterfly on the child’s head.link