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Pittsburgh Zoo official, witnesses discuss fatal mauling of child at African painted dogs exhibit
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| November 4, 2012
| Don Hopey and Karen Kane
Posted on 11/04/2012 2:29:46 PM PST by EinNYC
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OMG. I've seen wildlife documentaries showing a pack of these vicious critters ripping a living buffalo apart. I can't imagine what they left of a 3 year old kid. How on earth did he fall through the so-called protective fence? The Zoo better be ready to pony up some major bucks after the mother sues.
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posted on
11/04/2012 2:29:47 PM PST
by
EinNYC
To: EinNYC
It’s a foreshadowing of Weds Nov 7 2012.
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posted on
11/04/2012 2:34:24 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Global Warming is a religion, and I don't want to be taxed to pay for a faith that is not mine.)
To: EinNYC
And God, the Father who loves, where were You?
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posted on
11/04/2012 2:38:38 PM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: EinNYC
This past summer at the zoo, I saw some parents put their young child on top of the protective wall of one of the enclosures. They were not even holding the child. I thought that was pretty insane.
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.
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posted on
11/04/2012 2:42:55 PM PST
by
Moorings
To: yldstrk
Waiting with open arms to welcome him home
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posted on
11/04/2012 2:51:10 PM PST
by
longfellowsmuse
(last of the living nomads)
To: yldstrk
Sounds like you want to blame evil on God. Where was the child’s mother?
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posted on
11/04/2012 2:58:10 PM PST
by
STYRO
(Do not accept unconstitutional government as legitimate government.)
To: EinNYC
how does a 2yr old fall over a 4' railing???
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posted on
11/04/2012 3:01:21 PM PST
by
Chode
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posted on
11/04/2012 3:01:24 PM PST
by
randita
To: EinNYC
one "aggressive" dog was shot and killed by an officer. Every time someone calls 911 a "pit bull" gets its wings.
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posted on
11/04/2012 3:09:10 PM PST
by
Reeses
To: yldstrk
“And God, the Father who loves, where were You?”
Our Sovereign God knows what is best. When we get to heaven we will learn why he allowed what he did. But for now, we know God is, “Waiting with open arms to welcome him home.”
The boy is in heaven, with Jesus and the Father... there is no better place.
Amen.
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posted on
11/04/2012 3:11:41 PM PST
by
RCFlyer
To: yldstrk
The same place He always is - everywhere.
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posted on
11/04/2012 3:26:34 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: EinNYC
Sounds like another idiotic "prop the kid up in a dangerous place for a photo op" moment gone bad.
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posted on
11/04/2012 3:40:56 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the psychopath.)
To: EinNYC
I viewed this exhibit on my very first visit to the Pittsburgh Zoo this past summer and the exhibit made me physically ill to see and one thought entered my mind...that kids should not see the animals as they could end up frightened of dogs that are ones pets..
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
To: RCFlyer
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posted on
11/04/2012 4:12:57 PM PST
by
Halls
(Jesus is my Lord and Savior)
To: yldstrk
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posted on
11/04/2012 4:21:08 PM PST
by
frogjerk
(OBAMA NOV 2012 = HORSEMEAT)
To: yldstrk
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.
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posted on
11/04/2012 4:42:59 PM PST
by
mplsconservative
(Barack Hussein 0bama has American blood on HIS hands!)
To: yldstrk
And God, the Father who loves, where were You? The same place He was when His only-begotten Son was nailed to a cross at Golgotha c. 33 AD.
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posted on
11/04/2012 4:43:53 PM PST
by
lightman
(If the Patriarchate of the East held a state like the Vatican I would apply for political asylum.)
To: yldstrk
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.
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posted on
11/04/2012 4:44:13 PM PST
by
mplsconservative
(Barack Hussein 0bama has American blood on HIS hands!)
To: yldstrk
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.
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posted on
11/04/2012 4:44:33 PM PST
by
mplsconservative
(Barack Hussein 0bama has American blood on HIS hands!)
To: yldstrk
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.
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posted on
11/04/2012 4:47:25 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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