People Breaking the Rules at Zoos

I’ve seen my fair share of guests breaking rules at the zoo, but this recent one in particular stands out.

On my last visit to Toledo, some jackass of a middle school-aged boy decided to punch the glass of the monkey-tailed skink enclosure in the reptile house. I gave the kid a nasty glare (which he didn’t seem to notice), but his mom fortunately scolded him and the sleeping skink did not seem to care or even notice at all at what just happened.
 
Azamat Shackleford said:
On my last visit to Toledo, some jackass of a middle school-aged boy decided to punch the glass of the monkey-tailed skink enclosure in the reptile house. I gave the kid a nasty glare (which he didn’t seem to notice), but his mom fortunately scolded him and the sleeping skink did not seem to care or even notice at all at what just happened.
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Many zoos have sound proof or acoustic sound reduction glass in their exhibits. Its primarily used to reduce the background noise, but also protects the animals against disturbances like the one you just described.
 
I believe the mother won the lawsuit, which she shouldn't have. Y'know when you break a rule at a zoo, the result can either be towards an animal or a person. If it was towards an animal, then the consequence would be towards you. In that Pittsburgh Zoo incident, the boy's death was the result. It also costed an animal's life, because police shot a wild dog that wouldn't leave the body. It also costed everyone because African wild dogs were never put on exhibit after that, which was infuriating for the zoo visitors that want to see the wild dogs.
 
ProjectGames said:
I believe the mother won the lawsuit, which she shouldn't have. Y'know when you break a rule at a zoo, the result can either be towards an animal or a person. If it was towards an animal, then the consequence would be towards you. In that Pittsburgh Zoo incident, the boy's death was the result. It also costed an animal's life, because police shot a wild dog that wouldn't leave the body. It also costed everyone because African wild dogs were never put on exhibit after that, which was infuriating for the zoo visitors that want to see the wild dogs.
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I looked it up and no one was prosecuted, it was deemed a “tragic accident”.
 
ChIkEn NuGrEt said:
The point is that it was ruled an accident and not the fault of the mother or the zoo; meaning, that neither party had to pay a settlement.
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The lawsuit was settled, the details of which were kept confidential: Parents settle lawsuit against Pittsburgh zoo after 2-year-old fatally mauled

The parents of a 2-year-old boy who was fatally mauled after falling into a wild African dogs exhibit have settled their lawsuit against the Pittsburgh zoo.
Attorneys for the boy's parents, Jason and Elizabeth Derkosh, issued a joint statement Monday with the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.
"Details of the settlement will remain confidential. The Derkosh family and the zoo request that the privacy of all parties involved be respected," the statement said.
 
A Dromedary Camel at a Tennessee petting zoo escaped last week, likely due to people building its enclosure wrongly, and before people could capture it, the camel had killed two men.
 
RhinoHippoElephantGiraffe said:
A Dromedary Camel at a Tennessee petting zoo escaped last week, likely due to people building its enclosure wrongly, and before people could capture it, the camel had killed two men.
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Animals escape all the time and it doesn’t always mean people built their enclosures “wrongly”, some animals are just excellent escape artists :p

Besides, a camel breaking out of its enclosure and killing two people certainly doesn’t belong in this thread. How is that an incidence of someone breaking rules at a zoo? Very sad news though, I had no idea camels were capable of killing people. May they rest in peace.
 
IndianRhino said:
Animals escape all the time and it doesn’t always mean people built their enclosures “wrongly”, some animals are just excellent escape artists :p

Besides, a camel breaking out of its enclosure and killing two people certainly doesn’t belong in this thread. How is that an incidence of someone breaking rules at a zoo? Very sad news though, I had no idea camels were capable of killing people. May they rest in peace.
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Anything that big can kill people. Hell, any animal *can* kill people, it's just a matter of how likely it is to happen. Other domestic hoofstock, like horses and cows, kill hundreds of people each year.
 
There are few animals more terrifying than a large male ungulate, especially one in rut. Frank Buck was almost killed by a Malayan tapir. I know of a guy who almost got his arm severed by a guanaco. I’ve had to hide under a truck from a bull camel before. I can pretty easily imagine someone being killed by one
 
Aardwolf said:
There are few animals more terrifying than a large male ungulate, especially one in rut. Frank Buck was almost killed by a Malayan tapir. I know of a guy who almost got his arm severed by a guanaco. I’ve had to hide under a truck from a bull camel before. I can pretty easily imagine someone being killed by one
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The owner of Hidden Valley Animal Adventure got killed by a male nilgai a couple of years ago.
 
IndianRhino said:
I had no idea camels were capable of killing people. May they rest in peace.
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Apparently the men died after injuries sustained by the camel stomping on them; while this account was given re. their lethal capabilities:

The animals have enough strength to crush arms and legs along with your neck while kicking forward and backwards. Most animals can only kick backwards. Camels will do a combination of all those things while kneeling forward to crush you.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/...o/news-story/d36ee4eba1a0e63e32b8be78a0f94beb
 
At the aquarium I volunteer at we have a cownose stingray touchtank where parents are constantly trying to suspend their kids over the edge, even when I’m right next to them telling them not to.
 
I'm just recalling some infamous incidents that happened with people at the zoo.

In 2009, a woman at the Berlin Zoo decided to jump into the polar bear exhibit, with the water surrounding it. The woman than wanted to say hi to the polar bears, in which they didn't welcome her positively. They attacked the woman, but luckily, she was saved and no one died. She is out of luck that her stupid actions didn't cost her LIFE, because she would've been putting herself in a death trap.

In 2015, a toddler at the Cleveland Metro Park Zoo fell into a cheetah exhibit, but WHY IS IT? One of his parents held him on the railing that goes below the cheetah exhibit, but the toddler lost his balance and fell 10 feet into the exhibit. Luckily, the cheetahs had no bad plans, so the keepers were safe to retrieve him. A good ending, but, it could've been the Pittsburgh Zoo incident result that hit the child.

In 2016, a woman at the Toronto Zoo lost her hat near the tiger fence, and she jumped in to retrieve her hat. It was a bad idea, since she was right next to the tiger exhibit and could've been attacked. Luckily, the woman wasn't injured, but she crawled up to watch people curse and insult her. No person should jump into a risky spot just to retrieve a small belonging, because you're basically just paying a ticket to get a near-death experience.

I have a story I want to share, but its quite disturbing, so I don't know if I want to share it to the viewers or not.
 
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ProjectGames said:
I'm just recalling some infamous incidents that happened with people at the zoo.

In 2009, a woman at the Berlin Zoo decided to jump into the polar bear exhibit, with the water surrounding it. The woman than wanted to say hi to the polar bears, in which they didn't welcome her positively. They attacked the woman, but luckily, she was saved and no one died. She is out of luck that her stupid actions didn't cost her LIFE, because she would've been putting herself in a death trap.

In 2015, a toddler at the Cleveland Metro Park Zoo fell into a cheetah exhibit, but WHY IS IT? One of his parents held him on the railing that goes below the cheetah exhibit, but the toddler lost his balance and fell 10 feet into the exhibit. Luckily, the cheetahs had no bad plans, so the keepers were safe to retrieve him. A good ending, but, it could've been the Pittsburgh Zoo incident result that hit the child.

In 2016, a woman at the Toronto Zoo lost her hat near the tiger fence, and she jumped in to retrieve her hat. It was a bad idea, since she was right next to the tiger exhibit and could've been attacked. Luckily, the woman wasn't injured, but she crawled up to watch people curse and insult her. No person should jump into a risky spot just to retrieve a small belonging, because you're basically just paying a ticket to get a near-death experience.

I have a story I want to share, but its quite disturbing, so I don't know if I want to share it to the viewers or not.
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I would like to hear the story, if it is too violent you could message it to me?
 
I've also got a story, but its about me breaking a rule at the zoo lol.

A long while ago, I was in the Toronto Zoo, and I happened to stop by the snow leopard exhibit. A snow leopard was sleeping by the window, and I ignored the "do not bang on glass" rule and banged on the glass just to wake the animal up, while people looked at me. The snow leopard did open its eyes a few times, but didn't get up. I eventually got bored of banging at the window, and moved on. I was still upset after that the animal never got up to say hi. I was young and immature that time so I didn't know that breaking a small rule would not always get the result I wanted.
 
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