The owner of Darling Downs Zoo claims the lioness was playing, not attacking, when a woman lost her arm. Photo / NewsWire The owner of the Queensland zoo where a woman lost her arm has denied the incident was an attack,

Steve Robinson said she had been visiting the zoo for more than 20 years and acted as the zoo's photographer during that time.

The woman who lost her arm in a lion attack at a Queensland zoo is the sister of the owner, Stephanie Robinson.