Shocking moment of lions attacks the circus worker while being forced to jump through rings, which causes a terrified audience to flee

This is the shocking moment that a lioness attacked a circus worker who was forced to jump through the hoops, causing the terrified audience to flee.

The images show the lioness walking around the cage in a circle and jumping through two hoops before suddenly scratching a circus worker during a circus performance in a farm in Yuncheng, in the Chinese province of Shanxi, on the 31st of January.

A witness said that the lion seemed visibly agitated and inquisted as the performance advanced.

When a staff member outside the iron cage tried to avoid the lion to continue the act, the lion pounced and grabbed the worker’s arm with his claws.

During the fight, the lion tried to drag the wounded handler closer to the cage bars, which made him lose his balance and fall.

The public was terrified, running in all directions in the middle of shouts and panic.

The situation briefly descended to chaos while other circus workers pushed the lioness with metal sticks to release man.

The sudden attack lasted about three minutes, with the staff evacuating the audience and implementing the necessary security measures.

This is the shocking moment that a lioness attacked a circus worker after he was forced to jump through the hoops

When a staff member outside the iron cage tried to avoid the lion to continue the act, the lion pounced and grabbed the worker’s arm with his claws. During the fight, the lion tried to drag the wounded handler closer to the bars of the cage, which made him lose his balance and fall

The images show the lioness walking around the cage in a circle and jumping through two hoops before suddenly scratching a circus worker during a circus performance in a farm in Yuncheng, in the Chinese province of Shanxi, on the 31st of January

A farm spokesman where the circus performance was performed later clarified that the lion only started the manager’s clothes without causing any real injury.

“The lion has no big teeth, so it was not dangerous,” said the spokesman. “The handler was not injured, just a torn shirt.”

This occurs only two months after a lion savagely attacked a man outside his cage in Lahore, Pakistan, while the man tried to pose for a photo with the wild animal.

The images of the attack show the man shouting while the lion seized his hip.

Two other men tried to get the man out of the lion’s jaw while sinking his claws into his skin, leaving the helpless man waving on the floor in agony.

The man was heard begging for his life, crying ‘Forgive me!’ And ‘Please hold Simba!’ Until the beast finally released him after three men managed to fight it.

According to the reports, the man suffered wounds in his arm.