MELBOURNE, Australia -- A woman has sustained severe injuries to an arm when she was attacked by a lion at an Australian zoo. The Darling Downs Zoo in Queensland state said the 50-year-old woman was watching animal keepers working in the zoo’s carnivore precinct before opening hours Sunday morning when she was attacked.

A woman was severely injured after she was attacked by a lion at the Darling Downs Zoo in Australia on Saturday morning.

A woman in her 50s is believed to have lost an arm when a lion mauled her at an Australian zoo Sunday morning, according to authorities and reports. The terrifying incident unfolded around 8:20 a.m. at the Darling Downs Zoo near Towoomba in Queensland as the woman — a long-time visitor — watched zookeepers caring for the beast,