HEARING
HEARING BY REVEALING SHE WAS WHEN SHE SERVED IN THE AIR
FORCE.
FORCE.
FORCE. WE
FORCE. WE WILL HEAR HER DRAMATIC
TESTIMONY.
TESTIMONY. >>> NEW 911 CALLS REVEALING THE
MOMENTS ZEUS STAFF CALLED FOR
HELP AFTER A WOMAN WAS HURT AT
THE WILDLIFE WORLD ZOO.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
OUR BIG STORY TONIGHT, THAT
WOMAN IS ACTUALLY APOLOGIZING
TO ZOO OFFICIALS.
WITNESSES SAY SHE CLIMBED OVER
A BARRIER PUTTING HERSELF IN
DANGER IN ORDER TO GET A CLOSE-
UP WITH THE ANIMAL.
>> WE ARE JOINED LIFE OUTSIDE
OF THE ZOO. THE YOUNGER?
>> Reporter: ADAM WILKERSON IS
THE ONE WHO TOOK THAT VIDEO.
HE WAS HERE WITH HIS FAMILY
YESTERDAY WHEN THE INCIDENT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. AS YOU GUYS MENTIONED, OFFICIALS
SAY A WOMAN WAS TRYING TO TAKE
A SELFIE WITH A JAGUAR.
SHE CLIMBED OVER THE BARRIER.
THAT IS WHEN THE ANIMAL REACHED
ITS PATH OUT OF ITS CAGE AND
CLAWED AT HER.
HE DID TAKE SOME VIDEO SHOWING
THE AFTERMATH ONCE SHE DID
RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT.
YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL INJURIES
THROUGHOUT HER ARM.
WE ARE TOLD THE INJURIES ARE
NOT LIFE-THREATENING.
NOT LIFE-THREATENING. WILL CHRISTEN AND HIS FAMILY
SAY THEY WERE JUST ABOUT TO
LEAVE THE ZOO.
THAT IS WHEN THEY DECIDED TO
GET ONE LAST LOOK AT THE LARGE
CAT.
CAT.
CAT. THEY
CAT. THEY SAY THAT IS WHEN THEY
HEARD SOMEONE YELLING FOR HELP.
WHEN THEY LOOK OVER, THEY SAW
THE ANIMAL HAD WRAPPED ITS PAW
AROUND THE WOMAN'S ARM.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
BUT THEY JUMPED IN TO HELP.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT
WILKERSON'S MOM USED AS SHE
USED A WATER BOTTLE TO DISTRACT
THE ANIMAL.
THE ANIMAL. >> I ACTUALLY REACHED OVER THE
BARRIER AND PUT IT INTO THE
FENCE.
FENCE.
FENCE. I
FENCE. I SAW THE CAT STARTED TO KIND
OF REACH FOR IT OR PAY
ATTENTION TO IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I ONLY PUT IT DOWN
A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE IT WAS
HARD TO REACH THE BARRIER.
I REALIZED MAYBE SHE WILL GET
MORE ATTENTION, SO I KIND OF
PUSHED IT ALL THE WAY AND SO IT
WAS STILL HANGING INSIDE OF THE
FENCE.
FENCE.
FENCE. YOU KNOW, SHE WENT FOR IT WITH
HER MOUTH AND HER OTHER PAUL
PAW.
PAW.
PAW. >>
PAW. >> WILKERSON AND OTHERS ARE
ABLE TO PULL HER AWAY FROM THE
ANIMAL AND GET HER MEDICAL
HELP.
HELP.
HELP. WE
HELP. WE ARE TOLD AGAIN HER INJURIES
ARE NOT LIFE-THREATENING.
A SPOKESPERSON HERE VISIT TELLS
US THE WOMAN DID CALL THEM AT
THE ZOO TO APOLOGIZE.
THE ANIMAL WILL NOT BE PUT DOWN.
WE ARE LIVE IN LITCHFIELD PARK.
>> BEYOND CAR, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. >>>
MUCH. >>> MANY PEOPLE ARE PRAISING
THE ZOO FOR NOT EUTHANIZING THE
ANIMAL.
ANIMAL.
ANIMAL. OTHERS ARE CALLING ON THE ZOO
TO DO MORE TO PROTECT BOTH GAS
AND THE WILDLIFE.
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED
STATES RELEASED A STATEMENT
REGARDING YESTERDAY'S JAGUAR
ATTACK SAYING WHEN VARIOUS
TYPES OF EXHIBITORS PROMOTE ALL
SORTS OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH
WILDLIFE, PEOPLE GET THE
MISTAKEN IDEA THAT WILD ANIMALS
ARE APPROACHABLE.
ARE APPROACHABLE. THROW IN A HEALTHY DOSE OF POOR
JUDGMENT, AND INCIDENTS LIKE
THIS ARE BOUND TO HAPPEN.
WE URGE THE ZOO TO RESPECT
WILDLIFE FROM ESSAYS THIS IS BY
DOING AWAY WITH PUBLIC CONTACT
OPPORTUNITIES WITH WILDLIFE OF
ALL SPECIES.
ALL SPECIES. >> THE PHOENIX COMMUNITY IS TO
BE RALLYING AROUND THE WILDLIFE
WORLD ZOO.
WORLD ZOO. WE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF
COMMENTS BLAMING THE WOMAN FOR
WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENED. ONE PERSON SAYS THANK YOU,
WILDLIFE WORLD ZOO FOR THAT
DECISION ABOUT THE JAGUAR.
ANOTHER PERSON WRITING IT IS
ABOUT TIME WE HOLD PEOPLE
RESPONSIBLE INSTEAD OF ANIMALS.
THIS WOMAN SHOULD ALSO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR HER ACTIONS
ENDANGERING HERSELF AND OTHERS
CROSSING THE BARRIERS SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED AS TRESPASSING.
>> THE INCIDENT HAS IGNITED A
LOT OF DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
MEDIA.
MEDIA. A
MEDIA. A FEW THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE
TWEETING ABOUT THIS THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO WEIGH IN
ON THE DISCUSSION.
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE JAGUAR
ATTACK AT THE WILDLIFE WORLD
ZOO, THE WOMAN WHO CROSSED THE
BARRIER OR THE ZOO.
>> YOU CAN SEE