The employee died after she "went to clean a cage with three lions, without shutting the bolt of a door between two rooms of the enclosure," investigators said.

The park has been involved in previous safety controversies, including a 2018 incident in which a tourist was bitten by a lion.

A woman has died after being mauled to death at a Crimean safari park. Leokadiya Perevalova, 41, was an employee at Taigan safari park for 17 years. The park - which is owned by Oleg Zubkov - is the largest European breeding ground for lions and other large predator mammals. It's thought to be home to around 60 African lions.

Taigan Park is officially named the Belogorsk Lion Safari-Park Taigan, which is a safari and park in the Bilohirsk Raion of Crimea. It's the largest breeding ground for lions and other large predator mammals in Europe.

The mauling occurred at the Taigan safari park on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The employee died after she "went to clean a cage with three lions, without shutting the bolt of a door between two rooms of the enclosure," investigators said.

The zookeeper, identified as 54-year-old Leokadiya Perevalova, who had worked at the park for almost 17 years died after she "went to clean a cage with three lions, without shutting the bolt of a door between two rooms of the enclosure", investigators said.