Two brothers of girl mauled by tapir at zoo awarded €33k each

Boys suffered nervous shock after attack left toddler sister with serious arm and stomach injuries

Patricia Frost, mother of the girl who was attacked, with her solicitor Cathy McDarby at a previous court hearing. Pic: Collins Courts

Schoolboy brothers Daithi and Cathal Owens, who saw their two-year-old sister, Katie, mauled and seriously injured in an attack by a Brazilian tapir at Dublin Zoo, have received damages settlements of €33,000 each for nervous shock.

Judge John O’Connor, approving the €66,000 compensation pay-out today in the Circuit Civil Court, heard the boys were only eight and six when the savage attack was launched by the tapir, named Rio, during a visit by the Co Mayo family to the zoo in August 2013.