'Drunk' woman is mauled by a lion and nearly has her hand ripped off after climbing over safety barrier at Russian zoo<br /><br />The woman was mauled by a lion in a zoo in Ussuriysk, near the Chinese border.<br /><br />The 'intoxicated' woman survived but almost lost her hand, reports said <br />A video shows the terrifying moment an 'intoxicated' woman climbs over a safety fence and is mauled by a lion.<br /><br />The trespasser was savagely mauled by a big cat named Aristo in a 'terrible incident' at a zoo in Ussuriysk, Russia.<br /><br />Couple come face to face with rare giant squid while diving off Japan.<br /><br />The unidentified woman survived but 'almost lost her hand'. She is now in hospital.<br /><br />A statement from the zoo said that in frozen conditions the woman who was 'in a state of intoxication' had 'provoked a lion - and he injured her hand'. <br /><br />'Drunk' woman mauled by a lion after climbing over barrier<br /><br /> The woman jumped over the fence as she was being ejected from the zoo, said the statement.<br /><br />The attack happened after the woman had given the slip to her minders, say reports.<br /><br />'At some point, the woman was left alone and went to the cage with our lion Aristo,' the statement said.<br /><br />'Judging by the video, she looked around and began to climb over the fence, one metre from which hangs a sign reading 'Do not go beyond the fences'.<br /><br />At that moment, our employees ran to her screaming, but the woman did not stop.<br /><br />'Everything happened in a matter of seconds.<br /><br />'Unfortunately, she was very close to the enclosure and the predator grabbed her hand.<br /><br />'Having dragged the woman away from the enclosure, the staff gave her first aid.<br /><br />'We immediately called an ambulance.<br /><br />'Now the woman is in hospital and we really hope that doctors will save her hand.'<br /><br />Drunk' woman is mauled by a lion and nearly has her hand ripped off after climbing over safety barrier at Russian zoo<br /><br />The woman was mauled by a lion in a zoo in Ussuriysk, near the Chinese border.<br /><br />The 'intoxicated' woman survived but almost lost her hand, reports said <br />A video shows the terrifying moment an 'intoxicated' woman climbs over a safety fence and is mauled by a lion.
