BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, June 4 (UPI) -- A worker at a wildlife orphanage in Zimbabwe was killed by a lion that escaped from a cage mistakenly left open, officials say.
Friday Robyn Lotz, 26, was killed Tuesday at the Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage, which takes in orphaned, abandoned or injured animals.
Officials at the refuge said in a statement on the refuge's Web site that a lion named Lobi pulled Lotz to the ground and took her head in its mouth. The center's director shot the big cat but Lotz died of her injuries soon after arriving at a hospital in Bulawayo.
The attack happened as workers were cleaning the animals' cages and putting in clean grass.
"To my horror and dismay I saw Lobi crouched over Robyn, he had her in his mouth and was holding her at the back of her head," center Director Kevin Wilson said.
