'Pet' lion unleashed on donkey in Saudi

A group of Saudi men left a donkey in a desert area and unleashed their lion against it in a bloody scene described by viewers of the film as savage and cruel.

Newspapers which carried the YouTube film said it was taken in a Saudi desert area and that the men who unleashed the lion did so for fun.

The film showed the lion took the donkey off guard as it jumped on the quiet unsuspecting animal and caught it by its throat before finishing it off.