This zoo’s barriers exceeded the barrier requirements and everyone there is still trying to figure out just HOW a 4 year old managed to get beyond them all !
There’s no way it took a second for the kid to get away, it occurred over the span of a few minutes and the mother was not paying attention the whole time.
My husband and I went to the Cincinnati Zoo for Mother’s Day. I would not consider taking my 6 year old grandson. Escape and climbing are his specialties.
Before anyone blames my son or DIL they better know all the story.
I’m sure there are things we don’t know about the child and parents and why the kid might have managed to get away so fast.
They’ll figure it out. And if true, the barrier designer/contractor will be named on the lawsuit as well as the zoo. And I agree with others, the parents are suffering from industrial strength stupidity. Government public schooling etc. Seems to be the norm with many parents today.
I’ve watched little kids walk right up to unfamiliar leashed dogs, like 100 lb German Shepherds, with their hand/arm extended, as the parents just stood gawking, not saying a word as the kid approached the aminal. I saw one dog owner scolding some stupid parents for not teaching their kids never ever to walk right up to an unknown, unfamiliar dog. This country has a real bad stupid people issues. It’s epidemic in my opinion.