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01st Aug 2016

Shocking pictures show little boy inside the rhino enclosure at Dublin Zoo

What was the adult thinking?

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Dublin Zoo is investigating an incident that apparently happened last Friday in which a man allowed a young boy in his care to climb into the rhino enclosure.

The shocking images emerged on social media over the weekend.

One witness claims that the boy was in the enclosure “for a good 20 minutes”. Another onlooker told the Irish Mirror: “The child was with a male relative who was getting him to pose for photos and trying to make the child go further in.”

A zoo spokesperson said: “The matter is being taken care of internally by Dublin Zoo. It’s completely against Dublin Zoo’s health and safety rules but it is being looked into at the moment.”

The incident has drawn comparisons between to the recent case of Harambe the gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo, where the animal was shot dead after a young boy fell into its enclosure.