Zoo Officials Explain Why 2013 Calendar Features Painted Dogs
The dogs mauled a 2-year-old visitor to death in early November.
Less than a month after 2-year-old Maddox Derkosh of Whitehall Borough was mauled to death at the Pittsburgh Zoo, news has surfaced that the zoo's 2013 calendar features African painted dogs, the same species that killed the boy in early November. Zoo officials say that the calendars, featuring the dogs in its March spreads, had already been printed and made available to patrons before Derkosh's death, according to Huffington Post. Maddox was visiting the zoo with his mother on Nov. 4 when he fell from the top of a platform railing to the ground inside of the pit area of the dogs' exhibit, according to a statement from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Pittsburgh police said that the child lost his balance after his mother lifted him in a …
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Margaret Bucelli
10:59 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
I wouldnt personally buy the calendars because they would remind me of the painful thoughts of that poor little boy being mauled but they shouldnt be pulled..people are capable of making their own purchasing decisions. Honestly painted dogs are wild animals and did what they would have done in nature..kill their prey. They saw prey (the little boy) in their territory and acted NATURALLY. It is … more ›