The horrifying video shows how the animal suddenly broke off from performing before it reportedly mauled the helpless child in Russia. (Image: east2west news)(Image: east2west news)The child had been waving a small flag and the lioness rushed from its trainer despite being on a leash and sprang on the child. Valentina Pavlova said she was a member of a medical team which treated the girl at the Central Republican Hospital in Krasnodar. (Image: east2west news)(Image: east2west news)(Image: KP/east2west news)She added that the lioness used its paw and "pulled the child inside onto the arena and sank its teeth into her head. “She is now in stable condition, there is no danger to her life.”(Image: east2west news)(Image: east2west news)The child is being treated in intensive care.

Source: Daily Mirror October 29, 2018 08:53 UTC