Cheetahs Attack

The Port Elizabeth Herald reported Friday that Violet D’Mello of Aberdeen, Scotland, was attacked by cheetahs on April 28 while in a petting pen with the animals at a game reserve near Port Elizabeth in southeastern South Africa.

It says she was attacked while trying to protect young children from another group that was in the enclosure at the same time. Her husband took photos of the attack, which were published by the local newspaper and others.

One of the photos taken by Archie D’Mello shows Violet D’Mello smiling and posing with a cheetah raised by humans in the enclosure, before, as she told the Herald, “it became serious very quickly.”

One of two cheetahs in the enclosure first grabbed a young girl, leaving her with scratches and cuts that needed stitches, the Herald reported. D’Mello tried to calm the child and her brother, and ended up also being attacked. She told the BBC she had numerous bite and puncture marks, and that her scalp was “sliced open.”

The cheetahs “weren’t being vicious. You could tell they were just excited,” Violet D’Mello told the Herald.

The Herald said park staff and other visitors pulled the cats off. The D’Mellos continued their holiday in South Africa.

英国1名60岁女子与丈夫同游野生动物园，近距离经过一群受过训练的猎豹面前，突然被其中2只4岁的猎豹攻击，造成多处咬伤及抓伤，甚至差一点失明。

由于事发突然，园方事先也表示虽然动物都是经过人工饲养，脾气较为温和，但仍有野生动物的习性，研判可能是妇人太接近猎豹，猎豹感受入侵到它的量程，才会攻击妇人。夸张的是与他同行的64岁丈夫，却全程只顾拍摄妻子遭猎豹攻击的画面，完全没有要出手相救的意思，反而是其他游客合力营救。

丈夫最后才想到太太的安危，连忙将妻子送医急救，她的头、腹及腿部均被咬伤，导致严重出血，身上多处需要缝合，更差一点使一只眼睛失明，要是再晚一点抢救的话，恐怕这位顾着录像的丈夫就会失去自己结婚多年的太太了。