A mother's attempt to give her two-year-old son a better view of wild African dogs turned into a tragedy at the Pittsburgh Zoo after the boy fell into the exhibit and was killed by a pack of the animals as relatives and bystanders looked on.
Lt. Kevin Kraus of the Pittsburgh police said the attack happened at about 11:45 a.m. Sunday after the mother picked the child up and put him on top of a railing at the edge of a viewing deck. "Almost immediately after that he lost his balance, fell down off the railing into the pit, and he was immediately attacked by 11 dogs," Kraus said. "It was very horrific."
A medical examiner concluded that the toddler was killed by the animals, not by the fall, said Barbara Baker, CEO and president of the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium.
3 comments:
Just terrible. Can only imagine how the mother must feel. Inconsolable.
Mother should be charged.
This is an awful story. However, i went to zoos all the time growing up and my mother never lifted me up over the railing. Consequently i was never mauled by a pack of wild dogs. Still, no family should ever have to deal with something like this.
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