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In reply to the discussion: Child mauled to death by African painted dogs at Pittsburgh Zoo Read more: http://www.post-gazette. [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)This wasn't a moment of distraction. This was a moment of enormous stupidity.
"Pittsburgh police Major Crimes Lt. Kevin Kraus said the boy's 34-year-old mother placed the child in a standing position on a wooden railing overlooking the enclosure.
"Almost immediately after that he lost his balance, fell down off the railing into the actual pit and he was immediately attacked by 11 dogs," Lt. Kraus said.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/child-killed-in-pittsburgh-zoo-exhibit-660606/#ixzz2BJ3ZzwZr
At this point, I sadly have to agree with the poster about evolution. This mother stood her 2 year old on a railing overlooking a pen of wild dogs (that are no more dogs than hyenas are dogs). Her stupidity was going to kill her baby sooner or later.
Very, very sad for the child. Hopefully the fall knocked him unconscious for what followed.