Terrifying moment lioness jumps into family’s garden and emerges with their pet Rottweiler in its jaws

This is the terrifying moment a lioness leaps from a family’s garden with their pet Rottweiler in her jaws.

The footage, filmed on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, shows the lioness running off with the pet in the middle of the night after jumping over the house gate.

The video shows the lioness jumping onto the family wall before taking a closer look at the area on the other side.

The big cat then jumps down behind the fence before emerging moments later with the dog clamped between its jaws.

She then sets off with the lifeless dog and calmly marches out of harm’s way with the dog in her mouth.

The big cat then jumps down behind the fence before emerging moments later with the dog clamped between its jaws

Local media said the family was shocked and saddened after seeing their pet, named Jaci, being carried off by the lioness.

Local media said the family was shocked and saddened after seeing their pet, named Jaci, being carried away by the lioness.

The dog’s owner, Sylvia Wamai, said the entire attack, which occurred on May 21, occurred. took less than 10 minutes.

She told the BBC: ‘It didn’t even last 10 minutes. That’s how we lost our dog.’

She added: ‘We were shocked because we were outside looking for our dog and the lioness was just a few meters away from the gate.’

The family home is reportedly near a national park.

Local authorities said they are investigating the incident.