A 500-pound African lion named Samson attacked his owner, Goerge Koll, Thursday after stepping into the cage for a magazine photo.
Koll owns 77 Zoological Park in the Southport community. He was giving a tour to several reporters when a photographer asked him to step inside the lion's cage for a picture. A friend said Koll does it "all the time."
Samson was calm when Koll entered. But Koll stumbled and fell, that's when the lion pounced, dragging him across the cage. The photographer jumped into the cage with a stick and pried the lion off of Koll.
Koll is at the Gulf Coast Medical Center in critical but stable condition.
AP Video Reports
Most Popular
- Chicken Salad Chick Finds Home for Franchise in Dothan
- Enterprise City Schools Superintendent Has New Position
- Nintendo of America CEO Talks Big, Upcoming Wii U Games
- Late Spring Snowfall in Siberia After Heatwave
- School Safety App at Honeysuckle
- "Kung Fu Panda 3" To Begin Production Soon
- UPDATE: State Releases List of Failing Alabama Schools
Most Commented
powered by DisqusWTVY.com Features
 |
Get the ingredients you need to cook with Rach all week long. |
 | |
 |
Full length exclusive concerts from hot artists. |
| |
 |
Take a break! Classic Pacman, Frogger, Asteroids and more. |
| |
 |
FREE Listings Sell almost anything locally. |
| |
WTVY-TV
285 N Foster Street
Dothan, AL 36303
334-792-3195
Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2013 - Designed by Gray Digital Media - Powered by Clickability
User Agent: CCBot/2.0 - 126601
