Zoo officials said they had not decided what to do with the lion.

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Hey the women put her arm in the pen,
Talk about stupid!

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Any chance you could post the text?  KFWB "respects" my decision not to install a new browser just to view their crappy website, but won't let me view the article unless I do.

Surgeons Cannot Reattach Florida Zookeeper's Arm After Lion Tears It Off
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) 5.13.02, 12:52p - - Surgeons were unable to reattach a zookeeper's arm that was torn off by a lion at Busch Gardens. Meanwhile, state wildlife officials launched an investigation into what led to the attack on Sunday.
The 21-year-old zookeeper was taking her parents, her boyfriend and his parents on a behind-the-scenes tour of the lion's sleeping quarters when the attack occurred. Her right arm was severed near the elbow. No tourists saw the attack. It is not known how the lion came in contact with the zookeeper's arm, Busch Gardens said.

The arm was rushed to Tampa General Hospital with the zookeeper, but surgeons were unable to reattach it, hospital spokesman John Dunn said. Busch Gardens officials said the 350-pound, 12-year-old lion would not be destroyed. But they announced a review of their safety policies.

Busch Gardens said the zookeeper, whose name was not released, was in serious condition. She had worked at the amusement park for about a year. The lion, named Max, has been at Busch since 1997. The park also has a lioness. The lions were not put on display Monday. They are part of Busch Garden's "Edge of Africa" exhibit and are rotated on display with hyenas.

"These are still wild animals, and they behave like that," said Glenn Young, Busch vice president of zoological operations. "This appears to be a freak accident at this point."

Metal bars and a fence that would not allow someone to put an arm into the lion's cage separated the visitors from Max, but it would be possible to stick one's fingers in, Young said.

While by no means considered a tame animal, Max has been touched by his zookeepers before and responds to them when they call him by name. Jack Hanna, the director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and whose TV show, "Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures," often originates from Busch Gardens in Tampa, said the zoo has one of the best safety records in the industry.

"For the numbers of visitors and the numbers of animals they have, I would say their record is in the top two or three of all the zoological parks in the U.S., probably the world," Hanna said.

In 1989, an animal keeper was crushed to death by a 2-ton elephant. In 1993, a rattlesnake bit a zookeeper, who survived. And in 1999, a woman claimed a Clydesdale horse bit off the tip of her finger.

"The first thing I tell people is a wild animal is like a loaded gun. It can go off at any time," Hanna said. "This is the kind of business we are in."

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You certainly have to HAND it to her.

Damn that was bad, I'm sorry marvl I'm starting to turn into a politician in my old age!

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It's terrible to be disarmed [>Q]