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

A quick-thinking British holidaymaker played dead to avoid being mauled to death by supposedly tame cheetahs at a South African wildlife park. Violet D'Mello, 60, was wrestled to the ground by a captive big cat after she entered 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 Archie, 64, when the terrifying incident happened.