Thursday, October 7, 2010

Another Lion Attack In The Ukraine!


I've never liked the circus that much.What if those tamed lions decide to go wild & attack people? Well,that's what some audience members who went to a Ukraine circus were undoubtedly thinking after they witnessed two lions attack its trainer!

One lady said that she was trying to get her kid out of there before the lions lunged at them.What a horrific time they had at the circus watching a man get mauled by lions!I just hope the kids who witnessed that incident won't be plagued by nightmares.

Here's more from CBS:

"The countries of the former Soviet Union have a circus tradition that goes back at least 100 years and their performers are known around the world.

But on Saturday, a performance of one of those circuses went horribly wrong, and an American family got it all on video.

CBS News correspondent Betty Nguyen reported on "The Early Show" the city of Lviv in Ukraine is known as the "City of Lions," but a shocking new video gives that nickname a new meaning.

Video taken by American father Doug Sheperd following an initial attack on Ukrainian lion tamer Oleksie Pinko shows the trainer trying to keep the lion at bay with a steel rod.

Doug Shepherd told CBS News via Skype, "Kids are screaming, and kids are only 10 feet away and (my family was) probably 35 feet away."

The video shows the lion roaring, lunging and striking, and another lion joins in, biting down on the trainer's left arm.

Circus workers quickly attempted to hose down the angry lions, separating them from their prey. The crowd, including Shepherd's own two children, scream in terror.

Masha Shepherd told CBS News, "I was just grabbing my daughter and trying to run because I thought that they were going to come out." (END OF EXCERPT)Read more here.

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