{"id":3221147,"date":"2025-12-02T00:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/?p=3221147"},"modified":"2025-12-02T02:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T02:28:49","slug":"teen-with-dreams-of-lion-taming-mauled-to-death-after-climbing-into-enclosure-at-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/02\/teen-with-dreams-of-lion-taming-mauled-to-death-after-climbing-into-enclosure-at-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen with dreams of lion taming mauled to death after climbing into enclosure at zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 19-year-old man was mauled to death after climbing into a lion enclosure Sunday morning in Brazil<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Viral video captured the incident, showing the victim scaling a roughly 26-foot-tall fence to enter the lioness\u2019s enclosure at Arruda C\u00e2mara Zoobotanical Park, known locally as Bica, in Jo\u00e3o Pessoa, Para\u00edba.<\/p>\n

Local media Correio Braziliense<\/a> identified the victim as Gerson de Melo Machado who has long aspired to be a lion tamer. Machado reportedly had mental health issues and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia.<\/p>\n

The zoo confirmed in a statement that the individual deliberately entered the enclosure, was attacked by the animal, and did not survive his injuries.<\/p>\n

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