From TV news reports - she was one of only two employees on duty that day. Feeding time for the lion was at 10:00 a.m. and no-one knows why she was in the enclosure at 12:00.
Her father’s description of her ‘passion’ indicates she may have had a ‘fatal attraction’ AKA a special connection to these dangerous animals. It seems she over-estimated her capability to control and under-estimated the natural predator instincts of the lion.
She sadly played with fire. RIP.
That’s what can happen when you give up your spot at the top of the food chain.
Exactly. It seems she was over-excited about her job to the point of not thinking.
“Absolutely fearless?” That’s not smart when working with wild animals, especially big ones. And I say that as a lifelong animal lover.
It’s a tragedy. God be with her family.