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Associated Press

A lion killed a young intern at a wildlife conservatory after it got loose from a locked space.
Alexandra Black, 22, of New Palestine, Indiana, was killed Sunday after being attacked by the lion in an enclosure that was being cleaned at the Conservators Centre, news outlets reported, citing a statement from the Caswell County Sheriff’s Office.
The lion was shot and killed after attempts to tranquillise the animal failed, deputies said.
A “husbandry team” led by a professionally trained animal keeper was carrying out the routine cleaning when the lion somehow got loose, the centre said in a statement.
It wasn’t clear how the lion escaped the area that was supposed to be locked, said the centre, which is closed until further notice.

“This is the worst day of my life. We’ve lost a person. We’ve lost an animal. We have lost the faith in ourselves a little today,” said Mindy Stinner, the executive director of the Conservators Centre, according to WTVD-TV .
Black had graduated from Indiana University in May with a degree in animal behaviour, according to her LinkedIn page .


She had been working at the conservatory for about two weeks, her family said.
“She was a beautiful young woman who had just started her career, there was a terrible accident, and we are mourning,” Black’s family said in a statement, according to news outlets.
“But, she died following her passion.”
The centre said the lion was fatally shot to allow county personnel to retrieve Black.
CBS News identified the male lion as “Matthai”, one of 14 lions at the centre.

“Matthai is more shy than his siblings Calvin, Katrina and Savik when it comes to visitors, but he is an enthusiastic recipient of attention from the people he knows best,” a profile of Matthai on the Conservators Centre website says.
The facility was founded in 1999 and is in Burlington, about 80km (50 miles) northwest of Raleigh.
On its website, the centre said it began giving public tours in 2007 and gets more than 16,000 visitors annually.
It has more than a dozen employees and currently houses more than 80 animals and more than 21 species.
The centre says it took in 14 lions and tigers in 2004 to assist the US Department of Agriculture with caring for animals that were living in “unacceptable conditions”.


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Matthai the lion kills 22-year-old intern Alexandra Black, days after she started working at US wildlife park

Matthai the lion was shot and killed after it attacked the worker in an enclosure that was being cleaned at the Conservators Centre in Caswell County. Photo: Conservators Centre

Alexandra Black died after a lion attacked her at a wildlife park in Burlington, North Carolina. Photo: Facebook

The Conservators Center says a worker has been killed by a lion that got loose from a locked space, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Burlington, N.C. The facility was founded in 1999 and is in Burlington, about 50 miles northwest of Raleigh. (WTVD/ABC11 via AP)

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Alexandra Black, 22, was passionate about wildlife and had worked just 10 days as in intern at the facility
The lion was killed so Black could be retrieved, the centre said


The lion was shot and killed after it attacked the worker in an enclosure that was being cleaned.


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Matthai the lion kills 22-year-old intern Alexandra Black, days after she started working at US wildlife park

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}Alexandra Black, 22, was passionate about wildlife and had worked just 10 days as in intern at the facility The lion was killed so Black could be retrieved, the centre said

Alexandra Black, 22, was passionate about wildlife and had worked just 10 days as in intern at the facility

The lion was killed so Black could be retrieved, the centre said