sanctuary where she died. she was working toward a certification that would have classified her for her dream job working at a zoo one day. her family said she loved animals, especially big cats. you re going to hear from them in a moment. this is the animal that attacked her. it was an african male lion named cous cous. he was shot, killed yesterday. he lived at the sanctuary his entire life since he was a cub. when he was 3 months old, he was on the ellen degeneres show. her father said he was one of dianna s favorite cats at the sanctuary. an investigation is now under way. ted rowlands joins me. i understand you have new information about how she died, ted? reporter: yeah, anderson, and why she was in that enclosure. we re getting this from dr. david hadden, the coroner here. he said according to investigators, the victim here, dianna hanson, was in the main enclosure. and it s separated, all of these enclosures are separated into large enclosures and smaller
working at a zoo one day. her family said she loved animals, especially big cats. you re going to hear from them in a moment. this is the animal that attacked her. it was an african male lion named cous cous. he was shot, killed yesterday. he lived at the sanctuary his entire life since he was a cub. when he was 3 months old, he was on the ellen degeneres show. hanson s father said cous cous was one of her favorite cats at the sanctuary. an investigation is now under way. ted rowlands joins me. i understand you have new information about how she died, ted? reporter: yeah, anderson, and why she was in that enclosure. we re getting this from dr. david hadden, the coroner here. he said according to investigators, the victim here, dianna hanson, was in the main enclosure. and it s separated, all of these enclosures are separated into large enclosures and smaller pens. according to the coroner, he
animals, especially big cats. you re going to hear from them in a moment. this is the animal that attacked her. it was an african male lion named cous cous. he was shot, killed yesterday. he lived at the sanctuary his entire life since he was a cub. when he was 3 months old, he was on the ellen degeneres show. hanson s father said cous cous was one of her favorite cats at the sanctuary. an investigation is now under way. ted rowlands joins me. i understand you have new information about how she died, ted? reporter: yeah, anderson, and why she was in that enclosure. we re getting this from dr. david hadden, the coroner here. he said according to investigators, the victim here, dianna hanson, was in the main enclosure. and it s separated, all of these enclosures are separated into large enclosures and smaller pens. according to the coroner, he said investigators say she was
qualified her for her dream job working at a zoo one day. her family said she loved animals, especially big cats. you re going to hear from them in a moment. this is the animal that attacked her. it was an african male lion named cous cous. he was shot, killed yesterday. he lived at the sanctuary his entire life since he was a cub. when he was 3 months old, he was on the ellen degeneres show. hanson s father said cous cous was one of his daughter s favorite cats at the sanctuary. why dianna hanson was in the enclosure is part of an investigation that is underway. ted rowlands joins me. i understand you have new information about how she died, ted? reporter: yeah, anderson, and why she was in that enclosure. we re getting this from dr. david hadden, the coroner here in fresno county. he said according to investigators, the victim here, dianna hanson, was in the main enclosure. and it s separated, all of these enclosures are separated into large enclosures and smaller pens.