Florida Zoo Halts ‘Premium’ Experiences After Toddler Enters Rhino Enclosure

January 4, 2019

A Florida zoo where a toddler stumbled into a rhinoceros enclosure is suspending exhibits offering “premium” animal experiences while officials review safety protocol.

The Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Fla., announced the suspension of the Rhino Encounters exhibit and similar displays in a statement Wednesday.

The 2-year-old girl was taken to a hospital for treatment Tuesday after she stumbled through steel poles separating the rhinos and spectators.

Officials at the zoo on Florida’s Space Coast say a rhino’s snout touched the girl before she was retrieved in a matter of seconds from the exhibit.

The girl’s father said in a statement Wednesday that his daughter is doing well.

Topics Florida

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  • January 7, 2019 at 3:47 pm
    CO_yeti says:
    Since this is an insurance website... the child/parents as paying customers of the zoo are due the utmost care from the zoo while on the property. Not to mention the zoo almos... read more
  • January 4, 2019 at 3:42 pm
    Interested says:
    Again! Where were the parents!
  • January 4, 2019 at 1:52 pm
    Jack King says:
    Right now, some lawyer is reading this and contacting the child's family for a lawsuit against the zoo. Snout touch = $$$.

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