Young and wild kills By Rylie Walker
What has the world came too! A 2 year old boy visiting the Pittsburgh Zoo was killed Sunday when he fell off a railing that his mother had put him on top of to view a pack of African painted dogs, who pounced on the child and mauled him, police said. The dogs were about as big as medium-sized domestic dogs, 2 to 2 1/2 feet high and 37 to 80 pounds, according to the zoo. African wild dogs are also known as cape hunting dogs, spotted dogs, and painted wolves. They have large , rounded ears and dark brown circles around their eyes and are considered endangered. Visitors walk onto a deck that is glassed on the sides, but they open in front where the railing is located. They Should watch the 2 year old boy to make sure he wouldn't fall so he could still see the dogs and still live. Hopefully next time the zoo will fix the railing so no one else will get hurt.
http://news.yahoo.com/2-old-boy-killed-pa-zoo-exhibit-234149458.html
Thats so awful! That zoo needs to be more aware of what is happening, and make the fences to the exhibits a little more protective so that nothing like that happens again.
ReplyDeleteThis is tragic! The zoo definitely needs to make that situation a lot safer. I feel so bad for the mom though. She probably feels so guilty for putting the boy on the railing, although it wasn't the smartest idea. These type of things really scare me because you just never know what can happen! Very unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't trust any park festivities, because you never know what might happen. The mother should've been more protective and informative on the parks festivities.
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