A rare, deep trauma — when a wild animal tries to rip you apart
Members of Bite Club, a group of survivors of attacks by sharks, big cats and other predators, offer each other counselling and share a new appreciation of life
17 April 2022 - 00:00
“Everybody has got their own lion,” says Richard Field, an African safari guide who survived a lion charge and bite. “It is that hard and painful experience when life gets turned on its head.”..
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