The teen previously snuck into the landing gear of an Africa-bound plane in pursuit of his dream to tame lions.

THIS is the horrifying moment a teen broke into a lion enclosure at a Brazilian zoo – before meeting a tragic end. Gerson ...

A teenager, who dreamt of training big cats, was fatally attacked by a lioness at a zoo in Brazil on Sunday, Nov. 30.

A 19-year-old man was killed after climbing into a lioness' enclosure at a Brazilian zoo on Sunday, in plain view of zoo ...

The unidentified man was believed to be suffering from mental health problems when he scaled the wall to the Brazilian zoo ...

Tragic Machado was well-known to police after an earlier incident when he breached airport security to reach Africa.

A teenager has been mauled to death after breaking into a lion enclosure at a Brazilian Zoo. Alarming footage filmed by ...

In January, F. Iriskulov was killed by lions at a zoo in Uzbekistan after entering their pen to film a video. Last year, a ...

The park said that "euthanasia was never considered" for the lioness, who "shows no aggressive behavior outside the context ...

Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, was mauled to death after he invaded a lioness' enclosure at Parque Zoobotanio Arruda Camara in João Pessoa, Brazil, on Sunday morning, according to the Brazilian outlet ...