DALLAS (AP) — Officials at the Dallas Zoo say they can’t explain how one lion was killed by another in full view of visitors and families watching the exhibit.
The female lion, 5-year-old Johari, was bitten on the neck by one of the male lions Sunday afternoon, zoo officials said. Witnesses watched two lions approach Johari.
“The male lion that started it just had his mouth over her throat, and everyone thought they were playing at first,” Michael Henshaw told Dallas television station WFAA. “But then they could see she was struggling.”