VIDEO: Close encounter at Taigan Safari Park in Crimea just weeks after woman mauled

A lion at a safari park in Ukraine climbed over tourists and even licked them in the face, just weeks after a woman was mauled at the same attraction.

Remarkable footage showed the untethered lion climbing into an open buggy with tourists - despite a recent attack when one of the predators bit a woman's arm at the Taigan Safari Park in Crimea.

The lion, called Filya, got up close and personal with tourists in the open-sided vehicle - cuddling and even licking one woman in the face.

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