The Bronx Zoo says a woman who climbed inside its lion exhibit could have been killed. The woman trespassed inside its lion enclosure on Saturday put herself in serious danger.
“This action was a serious violation and unlawful trespass that could have resulted in serious injury or death,” a zoo spokesperson said of the woman who climbed over a visitor safety barrier at the African lion exhibit. The woman can be seen dancing and waving her hands as if taunting the lion to move in a video from a bystander at the exhibit.