Overview

• Investigators from Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and the Queensland Police Service remain on-site evaluating the July 6 incident.
• Darling Downs Zoo resumed operations on July 8 under its protected contact model but has suspended all lion interactions pending inquiry findings.
• Joanne Cabban is in stable condition at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and is scheduled for additional surgery after losing her arm.
• Zoo co-owner Steve Robinson says the lioness stayed in its holding pen and was behaving playfully rather than aggressively when the mauling occurred.
• A nearby keeper’s rapid first aid using a makeshift tourniquet is credited with stemming blood loss and saving Cabban’s life.