Friday, October 10, 2014

Child falls into jaguar exhibit at Little Rock Zoo

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A child fell into the jaguar exhibit at the Little Rock Zoo Friday morning.
The Little Rock Fire Department confirmed a 3-year-old fell into the exhibit around 10:45 a.m.
The child was taken to the hospital with a skull fracture and is undergoing surgery.

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A statement from the Little Rock Zoo stated employees used a fire extinguisher to, “keep the cats away from the child. Zoo staff are trained to use fire extinguishers to safely overwhelm potentially dangerous animals if an incident like this were to occur.”

A ladder was lowered into the exhibit that was used by a zoo employee to enter the exhibit and pull the child out.

KARK-TV reported a grandfather put the child on the railing and the child fell into the exhibit.
While the zoo was reportedly locked down for a period, it is back open.


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1 comment:

Kim Noyes said...

It seems to me that had the big cats wanted to hurt the child they could have before help arrived.