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Video: Lion owners arrested in Pakistan after pet escapes cage, attacks woman, her 2 children

Kids father alleges lion's owners stood by and watched as animal clawed at his family, making no effort to restrain it.
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The owners of a pet lion that escaped from a farmhouse and injured a woman and her two children have been arrested in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, authorities said Sunday.

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The arrest comes after dramatic video footage surfaced showing the lion leaping over a wall before attacking the victims in a residential area.

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The woman and her 5- and 7-year-old children sustained injuries to their faces and arms on Wednesday night when the lion escaped from its cage, police official Faisal Kamran said.

According to a police report, the children's father told police that the lion's owners stood by and watched as the animal clawed at his family, making no effort to restrain it. The lion later returned to the owners' farmhouse and was relocated to a wildlife park, police said.

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Keeping exotic animals such as lions is considered a status symbol among some wealthy Pakistanis, despite the legal requirements and high fees associated with ownership.

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