2-year-old boy dies after falling into wild dog exhibit at Pittsburgh Zoo and ...

Police say the boy's mother was holding him on the railing, when he lost his balance and fell more than 11 feet into the exhibit housing the zoo's 11 African painted dogs and was subsequently attacked. It happened just beforePITTSBURGH — A 2-year-old boy visiting the Pittsburgh zoo was killed Sunday morning when he fell off a railing that his mother had put him on top of to view a pack of African painted dogs, who pounced on the child and mauled him, police said. It wasPITTSBURGH (AP) — A young boy visiting the Pittsburgh zoo with his mother and friends was killed Sunday when he fell about 14 feet off a deck into an exhibit that's home to a pack of African painted dogs, who pounced on the boy and mauled him, zooPolice say the boy's mother was holding him on the railing, when he lost his balance and fell more than 11 feet into the exhibit housing the zoo's 11 African painted dogs and was subsequently attacked. It happened just beforeA young boy was mauled to death when he fell into a zoo enclosure which housed 11 African wild dogs. The attack happened at Pittsburgh Zoo at 11.48am while the boy was on an outing with his mother, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Zookeepers and
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