Boy falls into Pittsburgh zoo exhibit, mauled to death by African painted dogs - Polidicks

Source: [url]http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/04/14922258-boy-falls-into-pittsburgh-zoo-exhibit-mauled-to-death-by-african-painted-dogs?lite[/url] [quote] A young boy fell into an African painted dog exhibit at a Pittsburgh zoo and was mauled to death by the wild animals, zoo officials said. The child, about 3 years old, was with his mother visiting the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium when he somehow fell from a 14-foot-high observation deck into the exhibit at about 11:45 a.m. He was immediately attacked by several dogs and died, zoo President and CEO Barbara Baker said. The zoo quickly moved visitors into buildings as animal keepers tried to coax the dogs into an off-exhibit area. Many of the 11 dogs in the exhibit moved away immediately, and several others were scared away from the child by the zookeepers. A remaining dog would not leave the child, and a Pittsburgh police officer shot the animal. Baker pointed out these types of dogs typically hunt in packs, so this behavior is not considered unusual. No visitors on the observation deck saw the child fall into the exhibit, Baker said. The zoo was closed for the day while police and zoo officials investigate. African painted dogs, also known as African wild dogs, Cape hunting dogs, spotted dogs, and painted wolves, are found in the open plains and sparse woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa. The long-legged canines have only four toes per foot. According to the zoo’s website, African painted dogs are the size of medium domestic dogs, weighing on average between 37 and 80 pounds and measuring 24 to 30 inches high. [/quote] Ugh

Well that's ruff

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;38316470]Well that's ruff[/QUOTE] That's a pretty stupid thing to say in light of what happened.

[QUOTE=faze;38316482]That's a pretty stupid thing to say in light of what happened.[/QUOTE] SH in a nutshell.

[QUOTE=faze;38316482]That's a pretty stupid thing to say in light of what happened.[/QUOTE] Don't worry, most of facepunch will be in here soon enough celebrating his death

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;38316470]Well that's ruff[/QUOTE] Dude a child was eaten to death by dogs.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;38316470]Well that's ruff[/QUOTE] that's not funny.

[QUOTE=IliekBoxes;38316496]Don't worry, most of facepunch will be in here soon enough celebrating his death[/QUOTE] Yeah until it happens to one of their kids. Fuck I hope they don't reproduce.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;38316470]Well that's ruff[/QUOTE] The kid was 3 years old, man.

[quote]No visitors on the observation deck saw the child fall into the exhibit, Baker said.[/quote] Uhhh... what was his mother doing? You shouldn't ever let a small child out of your sight in public. Unless I'm reading this wrong and the observation deck was somewhere else.

But those dogs were so cute when I saw them... [img_thumb]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14171946/zoo/2012-08-02_12-38-16_584.jpg[/img_thumb] Also the platform has some pretty high fencing around it. Kid would have had to climb up it quite a bit.

That was probably quite painful

wait im sorry ill change this post to be less tasteless: he got dunked

Somebody needs to change the observation deck, so something like that doesn't happen again. This is a shame, for the family and the animals both.

I want to be a zoo president.

[QUOTE=Mr.Heal;38316584]This is a shame, for the family and the animals both.[/QUOTE] The animal that got shot, yeah. For the rest, a rare delicious helping of man flesh

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;38316510]The kid was 3 years old man.[/QUOTE] That is one young man.

[QUOTE=faze;38316502]Yeah until it happens to one of their kids. Fuck I hope they don't reproduce.[/QUOTE] Why are we getting aggressive towards people who don't exist?

They probably had a bone to pick with him. I expect for once though it was the dogs saying "here boy".

The Lycaon Pictus has the most powerful bite of any animal on earth.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;38316470]Well that's ruff[/QUOTE] Must you hound us with these terrierable puns? That's just pawthetic. Bitch.

[quote]The child, about 3 years old, was with his mother[/quote] No he wasn't.

[QUOTE=Theater;38316715]The Lycaon Pictus has the most powerful bite of any animal on earth.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure it doesn't. That title would probably go to something like the saltwater crocodile. I mean it might have the strongest in comparison to body mass for mammals or something, but I'm sure its dwarfed by other animals in pure output.

The mother probably threw the kid into the exhibit, how the fucking else did he get in?

[QUOTE=0FucksGiven;38316808]The mother probably threw the kid into the exhibit, how the fucking else did he get in?[/QUOTE] Probably.

"Mommy I wanna see the doggies!" "Sure sweetie, let me just lift you up..."

Shame that one of the animals had to die.

[QUOTE=faze;38316482]That's a pretty stupid thing to say in light of what happened.[/QUOTE] black comedy dude get over it please otherwise you won't survive in this world.

how can they be "wild animals" if they're in a zoo..

[QUOTE=Bad)-(and;38317040]how can they be "wild animals" if they're in a zoo..[/QUOTE] Well their behavior may still be wild?