The shocking attack on a child and her mother at Dublin zoo this week is not the first time lives have been put in danger in zoos across the world.

Officials say a boy died after falling into an exhibit at the Pittsburgh zoo and being mauled by African painted dogs.

HE dodged lobster pots for decades, endured a trip from the coast of Massachusetts to Pittsburgh and survived about a week in a fish market. But a trip to the zoo proved to be too much for a 22-pound lobster named Bubba.