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A man has been arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after he took his 2-year-old daughter into an elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo in the United States to click pictures with the animal.
A video of the incident, which has now gone viral on social media, features the 25-year-old man standing inside the habitat for Asian and African elephants with his daughter moments before the animal charges towards them. In the clip, the man is also seen dropping the child while trying to run away from the charging elephant.
According to an ABC report, the man bypassed several barriers and trespassed inside the animal enclosure. Post the incident, the man, identified as Jose Manuel Navarrete, was held on $100,000 bail for investigation of child endangerment, the news website stated.
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The 24-second clip, which is being widely circulated on several social media platforms, is flooded with worrisome reactions.
“He needs help and shouldn’t be left alone with his child until he gets some,” tweeted a user while another wrote, “There should be huge fines and community service for people who do dumb things like this.”
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