Zookeeper in critical condition after attacked by 2 lions at Australian zoo

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A zookeeper in Australia is in critical but stable condition after being mauled by two lions on Friday morning.

Jennifer Brown, 35, was believed to have been cleaning a lion enclosure at the Shoalhaven Zoo and Adventure World in Nowra, New South Wales, when two male lions attacked her, Australia’s 7 News reports. The senior zookeeper was later found unconscious by two colleagues, with injuries to her neck and head.

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Officials with the New South Wales Police said Brown’s colleagues were able to secure the lions and assist with the unconscious zookeeper until emergency personnel arrived.