Criminal challenge for Dublin Zoo after tapir attacks two-year-old and mum during 'close encounter'

Dublin Zoo is facing criminal proceedings after a two-year-old girl and her mother were attacked and injured during a supervised “close encounter” with a Brazilian tapir.

The zoo, located in Phoenix Park, is accused of ignoring a health risk assessment carried out seven years before the toddler was mauled by the animal, in August 2013.