A teenager has been mauled to death after breaking into a lion enclosure at a Brazilian Zoo. Alarming footage filmed by visitors at Arruda Camera Park shows 19-year-old Gerson Machado making his way ...

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 ...

The park said that "euthanasia was never considered" for the lioness, who "shows no aggressive behavior outside the context ...

Shocking viral video shows 19-year-old climbing into lion enclosure at Brazil zoo, resulting in fatal mauling. Teen had dreams of becoming lion tamer.

Tragic Machado was well-known to police after an earlier incident when he breached airport security to reach Africa.

The man, whom several North American and Brazilian news outlets identified as Gerson de Melo Machado, was mauled to death by a lioness on Sunday, the zoo said.

Zoo officials in eastern Brazil say a man has died after being mauled by a lion on Sunday. They add the man “deliberately entered” the animal’s enclosure, resulting in his death. NBC News’ Jesse ...

The 19-year-old victim climbed up the side structure of the animal's cage in a Brazilian zoo and lowered himself into the enclosure by sliding down a tree.

The man believed to have been struggling with mental health issues was attacked by the lion as soon as he entered the enclosure using a tree at Parque Arruda Câmara in João Pessoa, Brazil.

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