There’s always a risk when it comes to wild animals

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.

In 1998, a near-identical attack took place at Oklahoma City, when a zookeeper was mauled by an adult female Malaysian tapir and left in a critical condition.

The worker, 34-year-old Lisa Morehead, was attacked after entering the normally docile animal’s enclosure to leave its morning meal.