A 2-year-old boy was killed by 11 painted African dogs after he fell into their pen at the Pittsburgh Zoo — how tragic.
Tragedy struck at the Pittsburgh Zoo on Nov. 4 as a child was killed by a pack of African dogs. Zookeepers failed to lure the pack of endangered species away from the helpless boy.
“The screams just kept coming and coming: ‘Someone help. Someone has to do something,’” Angela Cinti, 20, of Bethel Park, who was visiting the zoo today with her boyfriend Nick Kramer, 16, told The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Zoo President and Chief Executive Officer Barbara Baker said the child was visiting the zoo with his mother when he fell over a wooden railing and off of a mesh barrier, entering the African dog display. According to the report, the wooden railing is 4 feet high and the lower mesh barrier is 14 feet above the open exhibit space.
Zookeepers removed 7 out of the 11 dogs from the exhibit as the child’s life remained in danger. The staff continued to shoot darts into the exhibit in hopes of scaring the dogs, but, “unfortunately, the dogs were in pack mentality and not responding.”
“There were three dogs: one at his head, one on the left side of his neck and another one down by his leg… A [zoo employee]got there and hopped over a fence with a rake and he was banging…trying to distract the dogs but they wouldn’t move,” said Angela.
The incident is under investigation by police and the zoo.
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Shasta
Posted at 2:44 PM on November 6, 2012
I feel so bad for this beautiful little boy. I know that the mother made a terrible mistake putting this little guy up on the railing there is no doubt about that. However, she has not been the only person that has done this. My husband and I were just at the Pittsburg Zoo three months ago and you wouldn’t believe how many people were doing the same thing as she did. I remember saying to my husband “wow I can’t belive they have their kids up there”. So, if I saw at least three parents doing that same thing within five mins of standing there I am betting it happens alot more then we realize. The zoo should have realized this and known better then to have it open in the front. It should have been fenced off in the front or something to prevent this sort of thing from happening. There were other places that weren’t very safe were someone could have fallen in. I understand the mother made a bad choice but, I feel the zoo should also be held accountable. I will keep his family in my prayers this would be so hard for any parent. Just knowing you made a mistake that cost your child.