In 1872, lion tamer Thomas Macarte was mauled to death – by lions, believe it or not – during a performance in Lancashire, England.
Lions have attacked lion tamers many times since then. In Virginia in 1898, one bit its trainer’s head off after, as a newspaper reported, “the lion tamer
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