Horror moment zoo keeper has FINGER ripped off by lion after sticking his hand into cage

A ZOO keeper ended up getting his finger ripped off by a lion as the beast attacked him in front of terrified visitors.

Video shows the moment the man at Jamaica Zoo is left screaming after sticking his hand into a the beast's cage.




The zoo keeper ignores the animal's growls and snarls as he foolishly sticks his fingers into his mouth.

Tempting fate, the man then sticks his fingers into the cage again.

And then horrifyingly the lion bites down.

The man is left shouting as he desperately tries to pull back his hand as the lion clamps its jaws around his middle finger.

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He grabs hold of his right arm with his left hand and attempts to wrench himself away from the cage.

Bracing himself with his foot against the concrete block part of the enclosure, he then pulls back – seemingly severing his finger.

"When it happened, I thought it was a joke. I didn’t realise the seriousness of it because it’s their job to put on a show," one witness told The Jamaica Observer.

“Obviously, when he fell on the ground everybody realised that it was serious. Everybody started to panic."

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She explained the group had been on a tour of the zoo – with the lions being one of the final stops at the park.

And the witness said despite his injuries, the man managed to walk away and get into a truck before driving off.

The woman added: “The entire skin and about the first joint of his finger was gone.

“I ran away from the whole thing, because me nuh like see blood and it was too graphic for me.

“His facial expression when he was walking is like the pain never kicked in.”

The zoo, located near Santa Cruz, said it was not aware of the incident – but it is being investigated by the  Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Managing director Pamela Lawson said: “We will be going down there and I will be communicating with the National Environment and Planning Agency who has oversight over Jamaica Zoo.”

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