The tragic accident happened Friday around 10:45 a.m. at the Little Rock Zoo in Arkansas.A three-year-old boy was injured when he fell from the railing above the jaguar pit. According to the police report, the boy’s grandfather placed the toddler on the railing to view the two jaguars. His father Andrew Garber was taking pictures of the cats when he says he saw the boy fall in his peripheral view. The boy fell 4-and-a-half meters, or about 15 feet, into the jaguar pit. Witnesses told THV11 they saw one jaguar biting child’s neck and the other biting the boy’s foot. The grandfather scared off one jaguar by throwing watering hose spool at it. The father then threw a camera bag at the other cat. A zoo employee eventually retrieved the boy from the pit while another employee distracted the jaguar with a fire extinguisher. The toddler suffered a fractured skull, scalp lacerations and minor puncture wounds both during the fall and animal attack. Doctors at Arkansas Children's Hospital say the boy’s injuries are not life-threatening.
