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Agonizing Agnostic Meets Goleo's Fury?

Checking out the local zoo is a favorite pastime for many travelers. But how close should you get to the animals? In the Kiev Zoo this week, a Ukrainian man rappelled into a cage full of lions, shouting "God will save me, if he exists". One of the lions seized him by the throat, severed his carotid artery and the soon-to-be-non-believer died at the scene.

Ukrainian zoo animals are getting a reputation as being a little unfriendly: earlier this year, a twelve-year-old boy had both hands bitten off by a zoo bear when he offered him some crackers. However, the Kiev lion victim wasn't so friendly himself, and waved his arms aggressively at the lions before reaching his premature end.

But hang on: hasn't there already been a troublesome lion in the headlines recently? Could it be that the larger-than-life World Cup Mascot Goleo VI is heading east? Can anyone report a recent sighting that doesn't place Goleo in Kiev? If we'd got as much bad press as him, we might feel like munching on an insane intruder too.

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