Turbo the cheetah used up one of his nine lives by getting kicked in the face by a pony.

The cheetah had tried to attack a pony after jumping the fence and escaping his enclosure.

“Turbo the cheetah certainly lived up to his name. He somehow managed to jump over the fence and got out of his enclosure,” said Nicola Mögel, spokeswoman for Nuremberg Tiergarten zoo.

“The fence not only has electrified elements, spikes along the top and a sloping part to make it more difficult to get over, it is higher than the legal requirement. It is a least two metres high.”

“The cheetah attacked the pony from behind, as they do in the wild. But all he got was a hoof, as the pony defended itself successfully,” she said.

The pony was slightly injured in the attack, and Turbo ended up with a bruised face, but both are doing well. 

Zoo staff tranquilised Turbo and put him back in his cage. He's been taken off show while his face, and his pride, heals.