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Lion park

Hoedspruit lodge steps up security following lion attack

By Mia Lindeque

Two white lions attacked a man after escaping from their cage at the Lion Tree Top Lodge last week.

  • An American tourist was mauled to death by a lioness at the Lion Park near Lanseria on Monday 1 June 2015. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Lion attack: Tour guide riddled with guilt

    Pierre Potgieter feels he could have done more to save American tourist Katherine Chappell.

    2577 days ago
  • A lioness. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    Lion attack: Guide suffered heart attack fending off lioness

    Tour guide Pierre Potgieter was driving the US tourist who was mauled by a lioness at the Lion Park.

    2579 days ago
  • FILE: The driver is recovering in hospital after sustaining injuries to his arms while trying to save the US tourist. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    Police probe JHB Lion Park attack

    It’s understood a lioness jumped through the window and attacked a woman in the passenger’s seat.

    2580 days ago
  • The Lion Park in Johannesburg. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    [AUDIO] Lion Park official discusses attack

    Lion Park's Scott Simpson discusses the events of yesterday’s attack in which a woman was mauled to death by a lioness.

    2580 days ago
  • Two Lions at Lion parks fighting each other in their park. Kgothatso Mogale/EWN

    Lion mauls US tourist at The Lion Park in JHB

    A lioness killed an American tourist at The Lion Park in Lanseria on Monday, and seriously injured her tour guide who tried to free the woman from the animal’s grasp.

    2581 days ago
  • In northern Joburg, a man has died after his shack caught fire on Sunday in Lion Park. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN.

    Two dead in Joburg shack fires

    In the first incident a 40-year-old man died after a fire broke out in his shack in Zandspruit.

    2946 days ago
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