how does a 2yr old fall over a 4' railing???
Posted on 11/04/2012 2:29:46 PM PST by EinNYC
A little boy was mauled to death today after falling into the African painted dog exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium.
"The screams just kept coming and coming: 'Someone help. Someone has to do something,'" recounted Angela Cinti, 20, of Bethel Park, who was visiting the zoo today.
Zoo President and Chief Executive Officer Barbara Baker said the child, who was about 3 years old, was on an outing with his mother when he fell over a wooden railing and off of a mesh barrier where the painted dogs were on display. A zoo spokeswoman said the wooden railing is 4 feet in height and the lower mesh barrier is 14 feet above the open exhibit space.
A news release distributed by zoo officials said keepers cleared seven of the 11 dogs after the child fell into the exhibit. Though darts were shot into the exhibit in an effort to scare the dogs away from the child, the news release indicated that "unfortunately, the dogs were in pack mentality and not responding."
Pittsburgh police officers and keepers attempted to lure the dogs away but one "aggressive" dog was shot and killed by an officer.
The African painted dog exhibit debuted after the October 2009 birth of the pups. A surrogate mutt was drafted into service for the nine pups after their natural mother died of a ruptured uterus. In the spring of this year, nine of the 11 painted dogs escaped a section of their enclosure causing a brief shutdown of the zoo.
Ms. Baker said at that time on May 5 that the dogs got into a 1.5-acre "backup yard" not visible to the public, but the dogs were not out of their exhibit.
African painted dogs are an endangered species.
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It’s a foreshadowing of Weds Nov 7 2012.
And God, the Father who loves, where were You?
It is not always the zoo's fault. The visitors need to have some minimum common sense and responsibility. If they are going to lift up their child to get a better view, they better hold the child outside of the protective fence.
Waiting with open arms to welcome him home
Sounds like you want to blame evil on God. Where was the child’s mother?
how does a 2yr old fall over a 4' railing???
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Every time someone calls 911 a "pit bull" gets its wings.
“And God, the Father who loves, where were You?”
The boy is in heaven, with Jesus and the Father... there is no better place.
Amen.
The same place He always is - everywhere.
when I got home I did an internet search about the ‘African painted dogs’ and mentioned to my hubby, that I thought that exhibit should not be...
endless to say it was my First visit and will be my last...there was nothing there that impressed me at all, I was very disappointed..and of course I was comparing it to the Cleveland Zoo and there was NO comparison..
and the zoo's entrance fees are totally ridiculous
Agreed. Amen!
Psalm 22
He’s always right there. Sounds like you had a loss that hurt you. I’ve had a couple of very bad things happen too.
Christ is never far away. Things don’t always work out the way we’d like them to in this life, but eternal life is the trade-off. God called this child home for some reason. It is not my place to question.
The same place He was when His only-begotten Son was nailed to a cross at Golgotha c. 33 AD.
He’s always right there. Sounds like you had a loss that hurt you. I’ve had a couple of very bad things happen too.
Christ is never far away. Things don’t always work out the way we’d like them to in this life, but eternal life is the trade-off. God called this child home for some reason. It is not my place to question.
He’s always right there. Sounds like you had a loss that hurt you. I’ve had a couple of very bad things happen too.
Christ is never far away. Things don’t always work out the way we’d like them to in this life, but eternal life is the trade-off. God called this child home for some reason. It is not my place to question.
Victor Frankl wrote a book entitled MANS SEARCH FOR MEANING. He was a Jewish Psychiatrist imprisoned in a Nazi death camp during World War Two. I don’t have his book here, but I believe he wrote of man’s three great fears.
1. Fear of being alone.
2. Fear of pain.
3. Fear of death.
I have been struck that he mentioned three fears. I am reminded of Paul when he writes of “Faith, Hope and Love (Charity)”. He lists three things. Do you see how Paul’s list matches up with and answers Frankl’s three fears? Read them both and think about them. You are not alone.
It should be from prison where she should be for child neglect, child endangerment and involuntary manslaughter.
Yes, that is right. He lived for his wife I believe. He certainly did not want to live at all at the time. His life was curse.
Thank you
Indeed, another article said the mother set him on top of the barrier "so he could see better".
You don’t want to know what parents used to do with their children when encountering bears at town dumps in the Adirondacks back in the 70’s...
And God, the Father who loves, where were You?
And human mother, whom your Father gave free will and entrusted with the care of this beloved child, where were you? :(
And God, the Father who loves, where were You?
And human mother, whom your Father gave free will and entrusted with the care of this beloved child, where were you? :(
Not the first time someone has died at this zoo.
Many animals have died of unnatural causes as well.
At a minimum, they need a complete management overhaul.
I wouldn’t mind I’d they shut it down. Could be turned I to inner-city playground/amusement park.
Very sad.
It’s the responsibility of the zoo to make its walkways and viewing areas safe. To protect the public from things that might lead to tragedy. Some idiot designer constructed a dangerous viewing area probably because they didn’t want to separate the animals from the human watchers and impede the feeling that we are all one in the world, some crap like that. So they made the barrier too short.
I think you are wrong. Frankl wrote of the people who committed suicide. He could have committed suicide, but he didn’t. He found purpose in helping his fellow camp mates. In the midst of horror and despair, he found a reason to keep going. To help others.....love......charity. Read Frankl again and read Paul’s writings. I think that it is there that you will find your answer. Read The Sermon on the Mount.
It’s the responsibility of the zoo to make its walkways and viewing areas safe. To protect the public from things that might lead to tragedy. Some idiot designer constructed a dangerous viewing area probably because they didn’t want to separate the animals from the human watchers and impede the feeling that we are all one in the world, some crap like that. So they made the barrier too short.
It’s the responsibility of the zoo to make its walkways and viewing areas safe. To protect the public from things that might lead to tragedy. Some idiot designer constructed a dangerous viewing area probably because they didn’t want to separate the animals from the human watchers and impede the feeling that we are all one in the world, some crap like that. So they made the barrier too short.
I think you are wrong. Frankl wrote of the people who committed suicide. He could have committed suicide, but he didn’t. He found purpose in helping his fellow camp mates. In the midst of horror and despair, he found a reason to keep going. To help others.....love......charity. Read Frankl again and read Paul’s writings. I think that it is there that you will find your answer. Read The Sermon on the Mount.
I think you are wrong. Frankl wrote of the people who committed suicide. He could have committed suicide, but he didn’t. He found purpose in helping his fellow camp mates. In the midst of horror and despair, he found a reason to keep going. To help others.....love......charity. Read Frankl again and read Paul’s writings. I think that it is there that you will find your answer. Read The Sermon on the Mount.
They did, but it is nearly impossible to make things idiot proof.
Sometimes kids just fall into dog pits. Everything is not God’s plan.
The best book about trying to understand what people endured in the holocaust.
I try to retread it every couple of years.
read the book by Rudi Vrba (that is the correct spelling) if you want a real eye-opener.
read the book by Rudi Vrba (that is the correct spelling) if you want a real eye-opener.
read the book by Rudi Vrba (that is the correct spelling) if you want a real eye-opener.
read the book by Rudi Vrba (that is the correct spelling) if you want a real eye-opener.
read the book by Rudi Vrba (that is the correct spelling) if you want a real eye-opener.
read the book by Rudi Vrba (that is the correct spelling) if you want a real eye-opener.
read the book by Rudi Vrba (that is the correct spelling) if you want a real eye-opener.
read the book by Rudi Vrba (that is the correct spelling) if you want a real eye-opener.
Okay, okay...I will check it out!
I’ve seen people put little kids on the rail over the Alligator lagoon at the St. Augustine gator farm.
The idiot mother stood the child on the fence, he immediately fell into the enclosure and in minutes was torn up.
She supposedly put the boy on the railing to see the dogs and he supposedly fell. She should be prosecuted.
We recently moved to a suburb of Pittsburgh and went to the zoo a few weeks ago.
I found it overpriced, extremely crowded and rather grungy.
That said, the only way you’re going to have a tragedy like this is through sheer stupidity. We never once worried about critters munching on our kids, because we respected the barriers.
Then again, you’d be surprised at what some people will do.
For now, I’m chalking this one up to another sad, yet TOTALLY avoidable, thinning of the herd.
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