MELBOURNE, Australia -- A woman has sustained severe injuries to an arm when she was attacked by a lion at an Australian zoo. The Darling Downs Zoo in Queensland state said the 50-year-old woman was watching animal keepers working in the zoo’s carnivore precinct before opening hours Sunday morning when she was attacked.

A woman has lost her arm after being attacked by a lion at Queensland's Darling Downs Zoo over the weekend officials said.

A woman has reportedly lost her arm after being mauled by a lion at a zoo in Australia. The victim, described as an experienced zookeeper in her 50s, was airlifted to hospital after the lion launched an “inexplicable” attack this morning at Darling Downs Zoo, south of Toowoomba in Queensland, on Sunday morning.