Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The shocking moments when several Lions attacked their trainers at a Ukraine circus. In scenes reminiscent more of a gladiatorial contest than a circus, lion tamer Oleksie Pinko is shown attempting to keep a lion at a distance, using a rod, in an arena in the city of Lviv.
At the start of the video Pinko is already visibly limping, having already been attacked by a lion, but as he continues to jab the animal, it lunges.
A voice from the crowd appears to reassure another as the audience grows increasingly concerned, moments before the lion attacks again and is joined by another of the five adult males.
Amid loud screams from the audience and roars from the lions, three other animal trainers then attempt to put off the animals with rods.
But as the scenes continue, the trainers are rounded up by the lions while two further trainers outside the arena attempt to stop the fight, one with water cannon.
By the end of the video most of the audience, who were only divided from the lions with a mesh fence, have cleared the building.
A Lion will only take so much!!
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The shocking moments when several Lions attacked their trainers at a Ukraine circus. In scenes reminiscent more of a gladiatorial contest than a circus, lion tamer Oleksie Pinko is shown attempting to keep a lion at a distance, using a rod, in an arena in the city of Lviv.
At the start of the video Pinko is already visibly limping, having already been attacked by a lion, but as he continues to jab the animal, it lunges.
A voice from the crowd appears to reassure another as the audience grows increasingly concerned, moments before the lion attacks again and is joined by another of the five adult males.
Amid loud screams from the audience and roars from the lions, three other animal trainers then attempt to put off the animals with rods.
But as the scenes continue, the trainers are rounded up by the lions while two further trainers outside the arena attempt to stop the fight, one with water cannon.
By the end of the video most of the audience, who were only divided from the lions with a mesh fence, have cleared the building.
A Lion will only take so much!!
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#ThereIsNoExcuseForAnimalAbuse EVER!!
