A lion that attacked a woman at a regional zoo, leaving her with "macabre injuries", was "just playing", the park's owner says. The NSW woman, in her 50s, was flown to Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital on Sunday after being mauled by the lion at Darling Downs Zoo in Pilton,

Several news sources say the woman lost her arm in the attack, but zoo officials said the lion will not be "put down or punished in any way."

A woman has lost her arm after being attacked by a lion at Queensland's Darling Downs Zoo over the weekend officials said.