US EditionNSW Teacher Joanne Cabban Identified as Lion Mauling Victim at Queensland Zoo
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, JUL 8 – Darling Downs Zoo suspended lion encounters after a NSW teacher lost an arm in a rare attack, with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland launching an investigation, officials said.
- Joanne Cabban, a schoolteacher from NSW, lost her arm after a lioness bit her at Darling Downs Zoo near Toowoomba on Sunday morning.
- The incident occurred near the lion holding pen while the main enclosure was being cleaned, and zoo owner Steve Robinson said it was not an attack but the lioness playing.
- Stephanie Robinson and a carnivore keeper quickly administered first aid using a leather belt as a tourniquet, followed by paramedics who arrived promptly to stabilize Cabban.
- Mr. Robinson explained that the lioness involved in the incident with Cabban was behaving playfully and assured that the animal would not be euthanized, while Workplace Health and Safety Queensland initiated a comprehensive investigation and issued compliance notices to the zoo.
- The zoo reopened the day after remaining closed, with Cabban recovering in hospital, and the incident marked the first animal-related injury in the zoo’s 20-year history.
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