http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/01/13/argentina.zoo.lion.ap/index.html
'Bullfighter' takes on lion at zoo
Tuesday, January 13, 2004 Posted: 12:56 AM EST (0556 GMT)
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- A man was mauled by a lion after jumping into its pen at the Buenos Aires Zoo and holding out his jacket as if it were a bullfighter's cape, doctors said.
On Monday, Lucas Tomas, 22, scaled a wall, dropped inside the pen began baiting one of the two lions inside. The lion pounced on the man, knocking him to the ground and biting him repeatedly before a policeman fired several warning shots that scared the animal off.
Tomas suffered minor injuries to his hands, arms and face, doctors said, adding they were also treating him for psychological problems.
Juan Carlos Ramares, the chief medic at Fernandez Hospital, said Tomas told authorities he had been ordered by "voices from God" to go in and taunt the lions, according to local reports.
Lucas Tomas, 22, lies on the grass with Quique, a lion at the Buenos Aires zoo.