British "Daily Mail" (Mail Daily) quoted the The Associated Press reported that Montava told the local media, the incident, the zoo is full of tourists.
The man broke into the stables, took off his clothes and jumped into the lions, frightened tourists who saw the incident. Park officials say the lion was killed in order to save his life.
1 lions and attacked 1 lionesses instinctively, so must be shot. She explained that she could not stop the anesthetic gun in time to launch an attack.
Montava said: "we are very shocked, because the zoo animals are our family." She said: "the lions have been with us for more than 20 years.
The man was seriously injured, has been sent to medical treatment.
Zoo director Fabli (Mauricio Fabry) said, seems to have found a suicide note in the men's clothing.
Source: Reference News Network