Queensland zoo to reopen two days after woman loses arm to lioness

Woman injured in Sunday incident was a much-loved member of the zoo owners' family' and not in animal's enclosure at the time, zoo says

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A woman has lost her arm after being attacked on Sunday at a Queensland zoo by a lioness, which the zoo insists was not hungry" or maltreated.

Queensland's health minister, Tim Nicholls, confirmed that the woman, who is in her 50s, had lost her arm" in the attack, which took place at about 8.32am on Sunday at the Darling Downs zoo, south of Toowoomba.

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