Amateur video footage of lions attacking their tamer during a circus event has emerged on video sharing website YouTube.

Video of two lions attacking a lion tamer during a circus show

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The video first starts with a several lions in a ring like cage with at least three people present inside the ring.

However as the video goes on, it is visibly clear that the main lion tamer has been Injured and is limping towards the side of the ring.

The incident which occurred in a Ukrainian circus was being watched by hundreds of people with chidren in the crowed.

While at first the danger of the situation was not realized by the crowd, the injured lion tamer known as Oleksie Pinko who was desperately trying to ward of one lion in particular was suddenly attacked by two lions at once, prompting many of the crowed to rush to the exits.

Many people were confused to why Pinko did not run away or at least climb over the fence after being attacked the first or even the second time at the circus in the city of Lviv.

However a zoologist that spoke to NationalTurk after seeing the footage said that the actions of the probably saved his and his co-workers lives.

He said “had he turned his back to the lions, or seen running, the lions would have thought the tamer was weak and would have attacked him again,

“Lions usually concentrate on a single target and should he have ran, and with the added confidence of the lion, he could have attacked another tamer.”

Pinko who was attacked a third time managed to free himself from both lions which lunged at him with the help of the two tamers in the ring and another two outside the ring who were spraying the lions with water and poking them with a stick.

The tamer then managed to walk to the gate of the ring and was freed. It emerged that the tamer had injuries to his arm and leg but is recovering.

The wife of the tamer Veronica Pinko said to a newspaper “everything started ok – the animals came and sat on their seats.

“However, out of the six lion, Perseus (a mature male), suddenly tried to face off with my husband.

“The animal tried to prove that it is more important and stronger and refused to do the stunts, the lion came down from the pedestals and went on the attack.”

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