a nine year old girl was attacked by a lion that was being walked like a dog by circus entertainers who had brought their show to a quiet siberian village the girl is in hospital after she was savaged by the animal in namtsy, in the sakha republic in siberia   one of the coldest regions in the world photographs show the lion being walked around by a worker for a circus that had been visiting the village a lion that appeared to be being walked like a dog around the siberian village of namtsy attacked a child  in one picture an entertainer crouches down next to the lion, surrounded by snow in another she is shown walking the animal and appears to be attempting to drag it across a wet and icy road using a makeshift leash the circus is believed to have left namtsy   also known as yakutia   abruptly after the incident the girl was walking home from music school with her mother when she was attacked, the siberian times reported gavril kolpashnikov, the girl's father, said: 'i was fishing, and got back at night i saw my child in a horrible condition to put it mildly, stressed she's shocked 'the child is still shaking, she's not of those brave kids' the nine year old girl was reportedly savaged by the lion, and was taken to hospital for treatment  the circus is believed to have abruptly left the village   one of the coldest places in the world   after the attack  he added: 'they were walking their animal as if it was a dog' it has not been confirmed how badly injured the girl was following the attack last month an australian tourist survived after a lion jumped through the window of a car he was travelling in in johannesburg and mauled him brendan smith's legs were badly injured but he survived the attack a circus worker is seen with the lion using a makeshift leash (left) and appearing to sit on the lion (right)
namtsy siberia
a circus worker was seen walking a lion around a village like a dog . the animal was seen being pulled by a makeshift leash in namtsy, siberia . it savaged a nine year old girl in the village, on her way home from lessons . girl is in hospital and the extent of her injuries from the attack not known 