The teen previously snuck into the landing gear of an Africa-bound plane in pursuit of his dream to tame lions.

THIS is the horrifying moment a teen broke into a lion enclosure at a Brazilian zoo – before meeting a tragic end. Gerson ...

Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, was mauled to death after he invaded a lioness' enclosure at Parque Zoobotanio Arruda Camara in ...

A teenager, who dreamt of training big cats, was fatally attacked by a lioness at a zoo in Brazil on Sunday, Nov. 30.

The unidentified man was believed to be suffering from mental health problems when he scaled the wall to the Brazilian zoo ...

A TEENAGER mauled to death by a lioness in front of horrified visitors at a Brazil zoo has been pictured for the first time.

Tragic Machado was well-known to police after an earlier incident when he breached airport security to reach Africa.

In January, F. Iriskulov was killed by lions at a zoo in Uzbekistan after entering their pen to film a video. Last year, a ...

Gerson de Melo Machado was filmed making his way into the enclosure at Arruda Camera Park in Brazil before tragedy struck ...