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Barbara Baker

Monday, November 5, 2012

Zoo Tragedy: Painted Dogs that Mauled Child Won't Be Euthanized. Should Outdoor Exhibit Be Changed?

Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium CEO Barbara Baker said the African painted dogs will remain in quarantine for 30 days. The zoo will reopen Tuesday.

The African painted dog that mauled a 2-year-old visitor to the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium will not be euthanized, but all of the zoo’s African painted dogs would remain in quarantine for 30 days, zoo CEO Barbara Baker announced Monday. The boy, who neighbors told the Pittsburgh Tribune Review was Maddox Derkosh of Whitehall, was with his 34-year-old mother, when he fell from the top of a platform railing to the ground inside the pit in the dogs' exhibit, according to a statement from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Police said the child lost his balance after his mother lifted him in a standing position onto the 4-foot-high wooden railing that overlooks the enclosure. "The child was caught by the safety netting below the railing," …

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Law

10:58 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

Jame's just don't go to the zoo any more. their is such a action called responsibility and neglect when this happen's sometime's people need to be accountable for their action's ??? wow now i wonder when the law suit will start . will there be one ??? i say NOOOO because everyone will pay for for this stupid neglect.   more ›

Police Confirm Zoo Mauling Victim to Be Whitehall Resident

Two-year-old Maddox and his family are Whitehall residents.

The mauling death of a 2-year-old boy at the Pittsburgh Zoo on Sunday has shocked and saddened many area families. That is especially true in Whitehall Borough, as it turns out. Whitehall police Chief Donald R. Dolfi confirmed on Monday that the victim's family lives in Whitehall. Maddox, the victim, is the son of Jason and Elizabeth Derkosh, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is reporting. Maddox was visiting the zoo with 34-year-old Elizabeth when he fell from the top of a platform railing to the ground inside of the pit area of an African painted dogs exhibit, according to a statement from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Pittsburgh police said that the child lost his balance after his mother lifted him in a standing position onto the 4-foot…

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Ed M

11:51 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Why? Because a wild animal acted like a wild animal? This is a tragic accident.   more ›

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