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08-07-2008, 03:39 AM
Woman riding a donkey fights off lion with machete
A Mexican woman said she fought a 500-pound lion with a machete near the resort city of Acapulco and scared him away. Celsa Aleman said she and her 7-year-old niece were riding a donkey Monday along a road when the lion went after the animal's legs.The 35-year-old woman says she found the courage to fight the lion because she thought it would attack her niece. She hit the animal with a machete until the beast ran away. Aleman and her niece were unharmed.The state government said in a statement that the lion had escaped from a private zoo owned by a former local congressman.
It said the animal killed two dogs and ate a pig before it was sedated and taken back to the zoo.
On Your Side | ABC 7 News (http://www.wjla.com/news/aploader.html?js=wciv&id=541894)
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A Mexican woman said she fought a 500-pound lion with a machete near the resort city of Acapulco and scared him away. Celsa Aleman said she and her 7-year-old niece were riding a donkey Monday along a road when the lion went after the animal's legs.The 35-year-old woman says she found the courage to fight the lion because she thought it would attack her niece. She hit the animal with a machete until the beast ran away. Aleman and her niece were unharmed.The state government said in a statement that the lion had escaped from a private zoo owned by a former local congressman.
It said the animal killed two dogs and ate a pig before it was sedated and taken back to the zoo.
On Your Side | ABC 7 News (http://www.wjla.com/news/aploader.html?js=wciv&id=541894)
And the award for 'Best Title of a Thread' goes to: Woman riding a donkey fights off lion with machete!
*confetti*