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>A man has been mauled to death by a lioness at a Brazilian zoo after climbing into its enclosure in front of horrified families.
The victim, identified as 19-year-old Gerson Machado, slipped into the big cat's pen in a shocking repeat of earlier attempts to get close to lions as part of his obsession with becoming a trainer.
Machado, who had once tried to reach Africa as a plane stowaway in a desperate bid to pursue his dream, was known to police after repeatedly breaching security in his fixation with big cats.
The troubled teenager - who spent much of his life in care and struggled with severe mental health issues - was filmed clambering down a tree inside the enclosure after scaling a 20ft wall at the zoo in João Pessoa, north-east Brazil.
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>>A man has been mauled to death by a lioness at a Brazilian zoo after climbing into its enclosure in front of horrified families.
The victim, identified as 19-year-old Gerson Machado, slipped into the big cat's pen in a shocking repeat of earlier attempts to get close to lions as part of his obsession with becoming a trainer.
Machado, who had once tried to reach Africa as a plane stowaway in a desperate bid to pursue his dream, was known to police after repeatedly breaching security in his fixation with big cats.
The troubled teenager - who spent much of his life in care and struggled with severe mental health issues - was filmed clambering down a tree inside the enclosure after scaling a 20ft wall at the zoo in João Pessoa, north-east Brazil.