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.

The woman suffered a 'significant' injury and is said to have lost her arm after being attacked by a lion she knew for 20 years at the Darling Downs Zoo in Queensland, Australia