Boy attacked by raptor at zoo
Alas, it wasn’t a velociraptor, because that would have been AWESOME.
The Greater Vancouver Zoo is re-evaluating its educational raptor show after a four-year-old boy who volunteered to take part was left scratched and bleeding after a hawk landed on his head.
On August 31, during the 4 p.m. raptor show flying demonstration, veteran trainer Gary Worley asked a volunteer - the four-year-old boy - to grab a rope with a lure resembling a stuffed rabbit attached to the opposite end.
The boy was then instructed to run with the rope behind him, a move that prompted a Harris hawk to swoop down on the rabbit as if it was prey, according to Kimberlee Malins, a Coquitlam resident who sat in the audience with her six-year-old daughter.
Information from: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/...
