Young boy mauled to death at US zoo

Young boy mauled to death at US zoo

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Wild dogs mauled a young boy to death at a zoo in the US city of Pittsburgh.

05 November,2012 03:15 am

Wild dogs mauled a young boy to death at a zoo in the US city of Pittsburgh, local media reported said Sunday.The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quoted zoo president Barbara Baker as saying that the child, about three years old, fell over a railing -- and off a mesh barrier -- into an exhibit of African painted dogs.The incident happened around noon Sunday.According to the newspaper, darts were shot at the dogs to keep them away from the child but unfortunately, the dogs were in pack mentality and not responding, the newspaper cited the zoo as saying.A Pittsburgh police officer reportedly shot and killed one of the eleven dogs in the enclosure.The incident is under investigation.