'I REALLY HAVE NO FEAR OF NOTHING' - Woman climbs over zoo fence to get close to lion
"ANIMALS CAN FEEL LOVE JUST LIKE HUMANS🎬🎥," that was part of the message that this woman posted after climbing over a fence into a lion enclosure.
Being a cat lover (and all-round general animal lover), I sometimes have to stop myself from playing with random animals that I see out in public. It's hard to do, but for my safety, it's always advisable to stay clear from stray animals as their temperaments are unknown
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Then I see a clip on Instagram of a woman willingly climbing over a lion enclosure fence and all I can think is 'wow'. I'm all for petting a tiny kitty cat here and there, but a whole lion? I feel all kinds of strange even thinking about it.
According to Times Live, the incident took place at the Bronx Zoo's lion exhibit. In a series of videos, you see the woman climbing over the fence and standing metres away from a lion.
You hear people in the background saying 'you're not supposed to do that' while she waves at the king of the jungle and calls it 'baby'.
Authorities in New York have called it a 'serious violation' and added that they have a 'zero-tolerance policy for such behaviour'. At the time of publishing, no arrests were made.
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I trolled through the wave of comments from Instagram users who have said that she is crazy for doing this and that she should be in jail for her actions.
I don't quite know what in the 2019 is happening with her? All I do know is that she put herself at risk (voluntarily, I might add) and for that, I am cancelling her.