Child falls into jaguar exhibit at Little Rock Zoo

Posted October 10, 2014, by George Brown 

 

Photo by @AlyssaRaymond 

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.

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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