LOS ANGELES - The lioness who mauled a 19-year-old man to death after he deliberately climbed into its enclosure at a zoo in ...

A 19-year-old was mauled to death by a lion on Sunday after climbing into the lion's enclosure at a zoo in Brazil.

The zoo emphasized that Africa’s lion population has declined by half in the past 25 years due to poaching and habitat loss New cubs have taken their place in the circle of life at a New Orleans zoo.

The 19-year-old victim climbed up the side structure of the animal's cage in a Brazilian zoo and lowered himself into the enclosure by sliding down a tree.

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