A toddler was lightly injured by a wolf at a Pennsylvania theme park zoo after he crawled under a fence and stuck his hand into the animal’s enclosure. Officials at the ZooAmerica North Wildlife Park, part of the HersheyPark Theme Park,onfirmed Sunday that an unsupervised child reached the metal enclosure around the wolf habitat on Sunday morning and put his hand through. That's when a wolf approached and made contact with the child's hand.. Officials found evidence that the childs parents had walked away from the 18-month-old and were on their cellphones. Police have charged the parents with endangering the welfare of children. The child was unharmed and reunited with his family. That incident in Hershey may be prompting concerns about what safety precautions are being taken at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium CEO Jeremy Goodman says, for one, they have improved barriers to make it harder for a child to get near its animals. He says they also do multiple drills, both live drills and table top drills to practice for reports of missing children. These are things the Zoo does as an accredited facility with the USDA. He says on busy days, it's not uncommon for kids to get separated from their parents....but the drills they practice usually mean there's a quick reunion.

Apr 06, 2026





