The worker who was killed by an escaped lion at a North Carolina zoo has been identified as a 22-year-old intern whose family…
The worker who was killed by an escaped lion at a North Carolina zoo has been identified as a 22-year-old intern whose family says she died “following her passion.”
Alexandra Black, an intern at the Conservators Center in Burlington, was mauled Sunday by a beast that broke out of a locked enclosure during a routine cleaning.
“She was a beautiful young woman who had just started her career,” her family said in a statement to local outlets .
“There was a terrible accident and we are mourning.
