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22-year-old animal lover mauled to death by lion while interning at wildlife reserve

Alexandra Black, 22, a graduate of Indiana State University, died on Sunday after she was mauled to death by a lion at Conservators Center in Burlington
UPDATED DEC 31, 2018

A recent college graduate died after she was mauled to death by a lion that escaped its enclosure in a North Carolina animal preserve. Matthai, a male lion at the Conservators Center in Burlington, attacked and killed 22-year-old Alexandra Black, Daily Mail reports.

The beast managed to break free from a locked space when an animal husbandry team led by a keeper was carrying out routine cleaning, officials said.

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