This is the terrifying moment a gang of lionesses viciously attacked the male of the pride in a bid to kill him off in front of horrified visitors at a British safari park.

Heart-stopping footage captures the powerful beasts pouncing on the male and sinking their teeth into his body at West Midlands Safari Park.

The drama was captured on camera by amateur photographer Mya Beverstock, 19, who had visited the attraction in Bewdley, Worcestershire, on Wednesday (September 5).

As she drove around the safari park with her parents at around 11.45am she noticed the group of female of lions surrounding the male before pouncing "out of the blue".

This is the terrifying moment a gang of lionesses viciously attacked the male of the pride in a bid to kill him off in front of horrified visitors at a British safari park. Heart-stopping footage captures the powerful beasts pouncing on the male and sinking their teeth into his body at West Midlands Safari Park. The drama was captured on camera by amateur photographer Mya Beverstock, 19, who had visited the attraction in Bewdley, Worcs., on Wednesday (5/9). As she drove around the safari park with her parents at around 11.45am she noticed the group of female of lions surrounding the male before pouncing "out of the blue".