Sunday, November 4, 2012

Pittsburgh Zoo, police investigating fatal mauling of child at African painted ...

A 2-year-old boy visiting the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium with his mother and friends was killed Sunday when he fell about 11 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, zooA group of African painted dogs killed a boy who fell into their exhibit today at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Barbara Baker, the zoo's president, said the child was around 3 years old. He "fell off an observation deck that's about 14 feetA three-year-old boy was mauled to death on Sunday morning by a pack of African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium.The ravenous dogs attacked the boy after he fell accidentally into their pen.A toddler visiting the Pittsburgh Zoo with his mother fell into 14 feet into the African painted dogs exhibit and was mauled to death on Sunday."It's clear that the dogs did attack the child, but whether he died of the attack or thePITTSBURGH - A 2-year-old boy visiting the Pittsburgh zoo was killed Sunday 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 was not clear
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