Several news sources say the woman lost her arm in the attack, but zoo officials said the lion will not be "put down or punished in any way."

A woman has lost her arm after being attacked by a lion at Queensland's Darling Downs Zoo over the weekend officials said.

Lion attacks on humans were reported in three separate countries over the past week. In Lahore, Pakistan, a surveillance camera caught the horrifying moment an escaped pet lion leapt on a woman, and then pursued two children.