Pictured: The moment British woman was mauled by 'tame' cheetahs at holiday safari park and had to play dead to survive

(Mail Online)-Violet D'Mello, 60, was wrestled to the ground by the beast after entering an enclosure at a wildlife park where tourists are invited to pet the animals. The shaken housewife, from Aberdeen, was on holiday with her husband in Port Elizabeth, in South Africa, when the incident happened. Now recovering from her injuries, she said: 'It was terrifying and happened so quickly.' It was only when a group of park visitors worked together to pull the two animals off her that Mrs D'Mello was able to make a dash for the pen's gate.