Image via Shutterstock A woman's trip to the zoo ended in horrific injury. A lion attacked and mauled her arm off while at an Australian zoo on Sunday morning. The lion attack happened at the Darling Downs Zoo near Toowoomba in Queensland.

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.