Electricity pylon cables have been removed from above a lion enclosure at a zoo in what National Grid say was a "unique" challenge.
The specialist team of engineers took out the 60-year-old wires situated above lion, bear and elephant areas.
Noah's Ark Zoo in Wraxall, Somerset, remained open whilst the tough task was undertaken and visitors were able to watch as the pylon was felled on September 29.
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The horizon of the zoo farm has included the pylons for over 60 years, but they are now being replaced with underground cables.
Luckily the lions behaved ''like kittens'', a spokesman for National Grid said.
The zoo's site manager Jon Jutsum said: "Guests and staff alike have been impressed to see the electricity lines disappear one by one and witness how safe and quietly the felling happened.
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"Noah’s Ark are very pleased with the change, making a beautiful spot of Somerset countryside even more scenic.”
The job was part of National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project, which will see a total of 249 pylons removed between Bridgwater and Avonmouth.
Aden Precious, Project Engineer for National Grid said it was "a unique experience and challenge for our teams."
The project caused little disruption with animals remaining inside their enclosures throughout.
"Clearly we couldn’t enter the animal enclosures - especially the lion one - so our contractors, Balfour Beatty had to adapt the methodology to remove the wires, without disturbing the animals nor entering the enclosures", a National Grid spokesperson said.
Adding: "Whilst the wires were reeled without being lowered, the rope used to pull the wires through did have to be lowered to the ground inside the lion enclosure and then pulled out from outside the cage structure in sections.
"It was comical to see the lions behaving like kittens as they followed the progress of the rope out of their enclosure."
With the removal of the pylon from the elephant enclosure, the elephants can now access a wooded area and play with trees there that weren’t accessible before.
