A zookeeper was killed in a lion attack in Thailand, officials said Wednesday, raising questions over safety and the legitimacy of the safari park's lion ownership.

The mauling happened at Safari World Bangkok, which calls itself one of Asia's largest open-air zoos and offers lion- and tiger-feeding trips for around $37 per person.

"The deceased is a zoo staff member who usually fed the lions," Sadudee Punpugdee, wildlife protection director of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, told AFP.

He was apparently mauled by six or seven of the big cats when he stepped out of his car, he said.

Tavatchai Kanchanarin, a doctor and zoo visitor who witnessed the attack, said "a man got off an uncovered car and stood alone with his back turned to the animals, which I

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