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BEIJING â€"  A lion attacked a 10-year-old boy visiting a circus in eastern China, biting off his arm through the bars of its cage, state media said Monday.

The boy was looking at the lion Saturday at Wanfota Park in Mengcheng, a county in Anhui province, when the feline lunged and grabbed the boy with its paws, pulling the child's arm inside the cage, the Xinhua News Agency said.

"Park workers managed to pull the boy away, but his left arm had been torn away by the animal," Xinhua said.

The reason behind the attack was not immediately clear. Doctors at the No. 1 People's Hospital operated on the boy, Xinhua said.

A man who answered the telephone at the hospital's emergency room Monday confirmed that the boy had been treated there and was still recovering. He did not have details and directed queries to the hospital's administrative office, where phones rang unanswered.

Mengcheng police said the space between the cage's iron bars were too large, and failed to properly contain the lion, according to Xinhua.

Police were questioning the park owners and circus organizers.

Last year, a 9-year-old boy was eaten by a crocodile in the southern region of Guangxi. The boy, with three other children, had scaled a fence around a pool in a park where crocodile shows were staged.

They fired at the reptiles with catapults and beat them with wooden sticks until one, riled by the treatment, dragged the boy into the water, where he was eaten by a swarm of crocodiles.

source:  foxnews.com

What?

Sorry, this is so gross a news but parents should be careful when taking their kids to the zoo or to the circus.  This is not the first time I read news like this.  Last month, a teenager died in SF Zoo.  Him and his friends were attacked by a Tiger after they allegedly taunted the animal.

Grabeh pood, aha man ang park ranger?

I feel so bad about the 9 year old boy who was eaten by crocodiles. Paita pood..

I got to go na, Dong!  I am feeling sick na with this news I am posting.  Kabalo ba ka what is "kabuhion"?  I think that's what I am feeling now. 

Sige 'te. Take care~

oh my goodness... magbantay jud ta ani. I usually bring the kids to the zoo because they love going there and so do I... my goodness... mahadlok na nuon ko tungod ani nga mga hitabo... thanks for sharing...

Quote from: ligiah on February 26, 2008, 04:58:36 PM
oh my goodness... magbantay jud ta ani. I usually bring the kids to the zoo because they love going there and so do I... my goodness... mahadlok na nuon ko tungod ani nga mga hitabo... thanks for sharing...

Bantay gyud, Gai. Basin ma hingag ka pang picture.

Quote from: Ginger on February 26, 2008, 05:40:31 PM
Bantay gyud, Gai. Basin ma hingag ka pang picture.

mao lagi... unya matinga na lang ko inig tan aw nako sa akong camera screen gahanggab na ug bata (ako pa jud bata) and leon! aguuuyyyy!!!

Quote from: ligiah on February 26, 2008, 05:42:01 PM
mao lagi... unya matinga na lang ko inig tan aw nako sa akong camera screen gahanggab na ug bata (ako pa jud bata) and leon! aguuuyyyy!!!

nah! di pud tingali in ana kadali mahingadto sa leon. Basin noon mo langoy didto dapit sa seal.

o di ba moambak akong bata adto sa lungga sa polar bear! patay tanan moambak jud pud ko apil gyud!

A lion will forever remain a lion even if it is already tamed.

Mao jud na, Mike!  These animals are wild and no matter how you tame them, they will always remain a wild animal inside!  As I said, last month diha napatay na bata sa San Francisco Zoo.  I couldn't take to watch the parents crying over the loss of their only son.  Kadto diay daw kay ginabinuangan adtong mga bataa/teenagers ang Tiger mura nasuko kaayo na ambak lagi ang koral!