A lion attacked and wounded its trainer during a performance at the Buffalo Circus in Doullens, near Amiens, on May 7.

Dramatic video from a woman in the audience shows the lion grappling with the trainer before being subdued, allowing the trainer to escape.

The trainer, named in www.courrier-picard.fr/28765/article/2017-05-08/le-dompteur- ; target="_blank">French reports as Steeve Loberot, was badly wounded in the head and throat, and transported by helicopter to a hospital in Amiens. He was operated on for several hours. Buffalo Circus said he was recovering. In a post on https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=4208720582 ;amp;id=382293122138684" target="_blank">Facebook, the circus also said that, contrary to some early reports, the lion would not be euthanized. Credit: Sevda Binici via Storyful