woman climbs into giraffe enclosure at wisconson zoo. giraffe kicks her in the face

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2727255/Woman-cited-climbing-zoos-giraffe-pen.html

A 2-year-old giraffe named Wally gave Hall a lick, then before turning and kicking her in the face, police said.

'Zoo staff advised that giraffes are capable of killing lions, and that Hall was lucky not to have been more seriously injured,' the report said.

Police said they ticketed Hall for 'Harassment of Zoo Animals' and fined her for $686.

The police report says Hall revealed 'she climbed into the exhibit area because she loves giraffes.'

Dane County said in a release last year that 12-foot-tall Wally is a reticulated giraffe and earlier lived at Illinois' Niabi Zoo.

Wally lives alongside another reticulated giraffe, named Eddie.

[MADem]

1. You've forgotten the link. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. added

[MADem]

8. Not a terribly bright bulb on the tree--a nice face, though--I'm guessing it's probably

a bit worse for wear after a giraffe kick....

[pinboy3niner]

17. I love the way they used the two head shots

As if they're just two people interviewed for a news story.

[MADem]

18. Amazing restraint--I'd have thought they'd have gone for a "before and after"

of the hoof - victim!

[Enrique]

34. I like how her picture is from her Linkedin page

and the giraffe's is from his Facebook page.

[HooptieWagon]

2. Well, that was stupid. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

20. My first thought exactly!

[Eleanors38]

25. Ain't Grizzly Man, but it'll do for Wisconsin.

Doesn't anyone study biology, now? Hope she gets better.

[napi21]

3. Must have been a Republican to be that dumb. nt

[R B Garr]

5. Wally and Eddie! What cute names.

Now I have to go look up what reticulated means.

Eek, giraffes can kill lions?

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. they have great kicking ability

[stevenleser]

14. Reticulated is just a specific giraffe species that IMHO have the most beautiful markings.

In the time I was on safari, I noted that the lions do not mess with the giraffes. The guides say that if they come upon a baby that has strayed from their mother, they may attack the baby, but generally lions do not go after giraffes.

[pinboy3niner]

6. We can only hope her new fixation won't be lions or alligators

[longship]

19. Or my fave, Grizzlies.

I think she should take up those next.

They're just like fluffy bunnies.

[winter is coming]

9. Why do people do this stupid shit? Zoo animals are not plushies. n/t

[stevenleser]

16. They don't understand. They think non-predator = safe for petting.

More people are killed by non-predators than predators in Africa.

When you go over there, that is the first thing the guides drill into your head.

Now that being said, I managed to pet a wild zebra and pass very close to wild giraffes but only because I was on horseback. The animals somehow don't understand that you are not part of the horse. The zebras and giraffes like horses.

[AgingAmerican]

10. She probably believes they are like unicorns, or my little pony...

All rainbows and lollipops, straight out of some coloring book. Sort of the way we see them when we are little kids.

Think again lady! Wild animals can be HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE!!

[Politicalboi]

30. LOL!

What is it about Cheetahs. Here kitty kitty.

http://www.wimp.com/wildcheetahs/

[kath]

11. teh Stoopid, it burns!

[LisaL]

12. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Iggo]

13. She shoonit have did that.

[aikoaiko]

15. The painful consequences of the YOLO philosophy.

[hobbit709]

21. The fences are there not to keep the animals from getting out but to keep stupid humans from

getting in.

[Jackpine Radical]

38. There is a relatively short chain-link fence to keep people out & a board & post fence

inside that to keep the giraffes in. Once you get past the chain link fence, the giraffe fence is no trick to get through.

[MineralMan]

22. I've been licked by a giraffe.

Over the fence. I can't imagine going into an enclosure, though. At that point, you're interfering with the giraffe's space, and may be interpreted as a threat by the animal.

[roguevalley]

23. poor girl anyway. dumb move. :D Giraffes are the only animals in the world that

can't swim.

[joeybee12]

24. People are stupid...I saw this woman pushing her 5-year-old daughter to feed a deer

who had two fawns near her...this was in Grand Canyon, and I told her that it was dangerous because they can kick and are unpredictable, especially with young...she didn't listen, so I found a park ranger.

[Eleanors38]

26. While hunting, I saw 2 whitetails run off a coyote by...

thrusting out front legs, even as they chased it. They do that to each other when pissed, and will do it to humans.

[joeybee12]

29. I know...more people are killed by deer than bears...

But people think because they look so pretty and sweet they are...doesn't work that way!

[louis-t]

27. Some people have no self-control.

"Ohhhh, I loves the giraffe, pet the purty giraffe, nicee, nicee, good boy...."

[itsrobert]

28. She's probably a republican and now is getting a lawyer

They will probably say the Zoo didn't have the appropriate warning signs.

[pinboy3niner]

31. Sticking my neck out, but I've always veldt we should hear from the perp...

...before jumping to enclosures.

[Oilwellian]

32. I wonder if she still gets a kick out of giraffes? n/t

[pinboy3niner]

36. "My story is much too sad to be told..."

[steve2470]

33. I'm glad the giraffe is ok and...

I'm betting she'll never do that again.

[KinMd]

35. I'm willing to bet drugs and/or alcohol was involved

...and I have it on good authority the giraffe was sober

[Jackpine Radical]

37. Weird--I was at that zoo with family about 1.5 hours before this incident.

Wally is the smaller of the 2 giraffes in the pen. They're housed in a fenced enclosure of posts & boards that would be pretty easy for a human to get into.