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 ...

A teenager was mauled to death by a lioness after sneaking into the animal’s pen in front of fellow visitors at a zoo in Brazil. The botanical zoo, which is home to hundreds of animal species, ...

The teen previously snuck into the landing gear of an Africa-bound plane in pursuit of his dream to tame lions.

They build high walls around the big cat enclosures at zoos for a reason. Many of those cat species are capable of killing ...

Gerson de Melo Machado was filmed making his way into the enclosure at Arruda Camera Park in Brazil before tragedy struck ...

In January, F. Iriskulov was killed by lions at a zoo in Uzbekistan after entering their pen to film a video. Last year, a man was killed by a lion after entering its enclosure, apparently to take a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- New video shows a Bay Area mountain lion being released back into the wild near Crystal Springs Reservoir in San Mateo County Thursday. 24 hours later, it was revealed that the ...

A Thai zoo has temporarily closed its predator zone after lions mauled a zookeeper to death, wildlife officials said Friday, as scrutiny on the park's animal treatment intensified. Safari World, which ...

A longtime zookeeper at a safari theme park and popular tourist attraction in Thailand has died after being mauled by several lions, according to multiple reports citing local wildlife officials. Jian ...

AKRON, Ohio — The Akron Zoo is mourning the death of a 20-year-old male lion known as Tamarr. “Over the last few days, Tamarr’s health made a sharp decline, and the difficult decision was made to ...