Discussed this briefly yesterday. you have been down there. you met this very lion. we saw video footage of you with cuse cue. do you agree with what patty is saying? it does seem extraordinary that somebody so young and inexperienced could find herself in any kind of position where a lion could attack her. piers, i think that s a good question. you know, i don t feel comfortable answering that. i don t know what her experience was. you know, i can only say that while i was at project survival s cat haven, they were very professional. we went through a series of safety precautions during every one of those interviews, each one of those cats that we discussed, and that particular video that you re talking about, so all i can say is that while i was there, you know, we we took a lot of safety precautions. patty, we re looking at
Wherever your business takes you, nobody keeps you on the road like progressive commercial auto. [ flo speaking japanese ] [ shouting in japanese ] we work wherever you work. now, that s progressive. call or click today. she was doing what she loved, and she did it with joy every day that she worked here. and she s going to be missed. i m so sorry this has happened. a tearful apology from the president of project survival s cat haven where a 24-year-old intern was killed by a lion. the coroner said the 350-pound lion opened the gate between two cages and broke the neck of dianna hanson. the coroner said the victim did not suffer. there are a lot of questions. jenny michaels worked with that very lion and joins me along with patty finch.
She was doing what she loved, and she did it with joy every day that she worked here. and she s going to be missed. i m so sorry this has happened. a tearful apology from the president of project survival s cat haven where a 24-year-old intern was killed by a lion. the coroner said the 350-pound lion opened the gate between two cages and broke the neck of dianna hanson. the coroner said the victim did not suffer. there are a lot of questions. jenny michaels worked with that very lion and joins me along with patty finch. she says there s no safe way to be inside a lion s cage. welcome to you both. patty, let me start with you. the more we learn about this, the more it looks like just an appalling accident in the sense that the lion appears to have
Died here. would you have expected somebody to be inside the cage? i don t know the circumstances but i can tell you that my interaction over at project survival they have been professional and you know they have run their protocol strictly. it looked like we were having a lot of fun however, during that shoot, there were many people outside of the cage. if you can see in the video, the door was open and i was very close in proximity of that along with another area that i would have been protected. so there were a lot of protocol and things that weere going on behind the scenes even though it looks like a fun video. let me bring in jack hannah. a terrible tragedy today.
right, the whole thing is sad. the family, the woman,ed gentleman that owns that sanctuary. this is not something, yes, we have these things happen. yes, there are people that might be in a nascar race. but the analogy is simple. we will continue our work and the parks. and a final word from you genny? you know, my thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this young woman. a place like project survival is important. it is important to go there and see these animals. when you get that experience you want to make a difference. support these types of places.