Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Pittsburgh zoo

  • Zoo mauling: Boy killed by dogs, not fall, autopsy shows

    A medical examiner has ruled that a 2-year-old boy who tumbled into an African painted dog exhibit at a Pittsburgh zoo was killed by the animals and not by the fall, a zoo official said Monday.

    usnews.nbcnews.com

  • Pittsburgh Zoo mauling death disconcerts parents, kids

    The 36-year-old mother of two doesn't know the family of the child killed at the Pittsburgh Zoo. But she knows the zoo, where she takes her family every few weeks in the summer.

    www.post-gazette.com

  • Pittsburgh Zoo says 2-year-old was killed by dogs, not fall

    The 2-year-old Pennsylvania boy who died at the Pittsburgh Zoo over the weekend bounced two times on a protective netting after falling off a railing and into an African painted dog exhibit, where the dogs then attacked and killed him, the zoo's chief ...

    www.latimes.com

  • Other Pittsburgh Zoo incidents

    The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium has experienced a number of accidents and mishaps over the years, but only one other accident that resulted in a human fatality.

    www.post-gazette.com

  • Pittsburgh Zoo: 2-year-old boy who fell into exhibit was killed by wild dogs

    PITTSBURGH - A 2-year-old boy who fell into an exhibit of African wild dogs was killed by the animals, not the fall, the president of the Pittsburgh Zoo said Monday, adding a horrific coda to a tragedy that has devastated staff and shocked patrons ...

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Pittsburgh Zoo stays closed after African dogs maul 2-year-old

    Pittsburgh Zoo officials and police were trying to determine what happened after a 2-year-old boy fell into an African painted dog exhibit on Sunday and died before police could save him.

    www.latimes.com

  • Pittsburgh Zoo closed after toddler is mauled to death

    A security guard closes the gate at the Pittsburgh Zoo, where zoo officials say a young boy was killed after he fell into the exhibit that was home to a pack of African painted dogs.

    www.usatoday.com

  • Pa. zoo: Wild dogs killed boy who fell in exhibit

    PITTSBURGH (AP) - A zoo where a 2-year-old boy fell into an exhibit and was fatally mauled by African wild dogs had met or exceeded all safety standards for animals and visitors, proving that no exhibit is "fail-proof," the zoo's president said Monday.

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  • Wild Dogs Kill 2-Year-Old Boy At Pittsburgh Zoo

    A security guard closes the gate at the Pittsburgh Zoo, where zoo officials say a young boy was killed after he fell into the exhibit that was home to a pack of African painted dogs, who pounced on the boy and mauled him, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Toddler's Death at Pittsburgh Zoo Was From Attack Not Fall According to ...

    It sounds like the Painted dog exhibit is not as safe as the Pittsburgh Zoo would like to think it is honestly. They need to take precautions to make sure something like this does not happen again or close down the exhibit entirely.

    news.gather.com

  • Medical examiner: African dogs killed boy who fell into Pittsburgh zoo exhibit

    PITTSBURGH The head of the Pittsburgh Zoo says a medical examiner has concluded that a toddler who fell into an African painted dog exhibit Sunday was killed by the animals, not by the fall.

    www.cbsnews.com

  • Toddler killed after falling into African painted dog area at Pittsburgh Zoo

    On Sunday, a two year old toddler was mauled to death after he fell into the African painted dog exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. The little boy fell after losing his balance from where he stood on a wooden railing. The little boy's mother ...

    www.examiner.com

  • Child dies after falling into enclosure at the Pittsburgh Zoo

    On Sunday, November 4, a young child fell from his mother's arms into the African Painted Dog (Lycaon pictus) enclosure at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium. According to Lt. Kraus, "the mother placed the child in a standing position on the wooden ...

    www.examiner.com

  • Boy, 2, Dead After Mauling at Pittsburgh Zoo

    The boy died after falling 14 feet into the exhibit, said Barbara Baker, director of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.

    abcnews.go.com

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

    The child was with his mother visiting the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. He fell about 11 feet off a railing that his mother had put him on top of to view the animals, police said.

    usnews.nbcnews.com

  • Autopsy: Boy bled to death in wild dog zoo mauling

    PITTSBURGH (AP) - The medical examiner's office says a 2-year-old boy who died in the Pittsburgh zoo's African wild dog exhibit bled to death after he was mauled by the animals.

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  • Sunday's African dogs death not first incident at Pittsburgh zoo

    PITTSBURGH A toddler's tragic mauling death by African painted dogs on Sunday was not the first time the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium rain into problems with the same exhibit. CBS Pittsburgh affiliate KDKA-TV reports that last May, nine dogs escaped ...

    www.cbsnews.com

  • Family of Boy Mauled at Zoo Appeals for Toy Trucks for Charity

    The Derkosh family of Whitehall Borough is asking that, in lieu of flowers, mourners give toy construction trucks to be donated to a children's Christmas charity in the memory of 2-year old Maddox Derkosh, who died tragically at the Pittsburgh Zoo on ...

    northallegheny.patch.com

  • Pittsburgh Zoo: Boy Dies After Falling Into Exhibit With African Painted Dogs

    PITTSBURGH - 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.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Child mauled to death by wild dogs at Pittsburgh Zoo

    A toddler was killed after falling into the African painted dog exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium Sunday. The unidentified boy who was around 2 years old fell 11-feet over a railing and off a mesh barrier where the dogs were on display ...

    www.examiner.com

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