A lioness at Weltevrede Lion Farm in Heilbron attacked a 4-year-old girl.
Little Dina-Marie de Beer is in critical condition and according to her father, Pieter, the recovery will be very long.
The girl was apparently in her dad's arms when she was attacked by the lioness, through the fence of a camp.The lioness that attacked Dina-Marie was not fully grown. The juvenile got a hold of Pieter and clawed at the 4-year-old's scalp. According to Charlene van Wyk, the lion farm manager, the attack was a "freak accident" and that the family was told not to stand to close to the fence.
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