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7-year-old boy breaks into zoo kills animals and feeds them crocodile

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WTF is this? :shock: What kind of 7-year-old has the mindset to (1) break into a zoo, (2) kill animals and (3) feed them to a crocodile? This kid has serious mental issues. He will be in jail by the time he's an adult.

I hope his parents have to pay big time for this disgusting behavior.

SYDNEY, Australia - A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.

The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's security camera, happened early Wednesday after the boy jumped a security fence at the Alice Springs Reptile Center in central Australia, said zoo director Rex Neindorf.

The child then went on a killing spree, bashing three lizards to death with a rock, including the zoo's beloved, 20-year-old goanna, which he then fed to "Terry," an 11-foot, 440-pound saltwater crocodile, said Neindorf.

Boy breaks into zoo, kills animals - Asia-Pacific - MSNBC.com
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7 yr old Boy fed zoo reptiles to crocodile

Boy fed zoo reptiles to crocodile
A seven-year-old boy has been filmed going on the rampage at a popular zoo in Australia, killing rare reptiles and feeding live ones to a crocodile.

Footage from the security cameras at Alice Springs Reptile Centre caught the child smiling as he killed a total of 13 animals.

During his 30-minute spree, he was seen hurling the animals over the security fence into the crocodile enclosure.

Zoo officials described the boy's actions as "unbelievable".

They are considering suing the parents as the boy is too young to be prosecuted.

'Difficult to replace'

The attack happened on Wednesday morning after the boy entered the zoo by jumping over the security fence and evading sensor alarms.

Over the next half hour, he bludgeoned some of the animals to death with stones and hurled others over the two fences surrounding the crocodile enclosure.

At one point, he tried scaling the outer enclosure himself to get to "Terry", the 11ft (3.3m) saltwater crocodile.

A turtle, four Western blue-tongued lizards, two bearded dragons, two thorny devil lizards and the zoo's 20-year-old goanna were among those killed.

Zoo director Rex Neindorf said many of the animals were rare or mature and would be difficult to replace.

"The fact a seven-year-old can wreak so much havoc in such a short time, it's unbelievable," he told Reuters news agency.

Mr Neindorf said the boy had "clammed up" when questioned by police.

As children under the age of 10 cannot be held accountable for their actions in the Northern Territory, the zoo would be seeking to take action against the parents.

"We'll be looking at suing the parents, who were supposedly in control of him at the time," he said.
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Story here at BBC

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7 years of age and he's up to stuff like this already? I'm still not sure whether this is something to be angry or laugh about. However when you read about his cruelty you can almost imagine what this little "darling" may be up to later on in life with human victims.

If he'd fallen into an enclosure and was eaten by a crocodile the tone of the story would be different - however as it is, some rare specimens have met a grim death at his young hands. Certainly the parents should be sued - if Australian law allows this.
 
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Infinite Chaos said:
Story here at BBC

:shock:

7 years of age and he's up to stuff like this already? I'm still not sure whether this is something to be angry or laugh about. However when you read about his cruelty you can almost imagine what this little "darling" may be up to later on in life with human victims.

If he'd fallen into an enclosure and was eaten by a crocodile the tone of the story would be different - however as it is, some rare specimens have met a grim death at his young hands. Certainly the parents should be sued - if Australian law allows this.
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The thing about something like this, as shown by the blank face the kid had while doing it, is that while it looks like it'll be as fun as hell on paper, it just doesn't have the same level of appeal in practice.
 
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Infinite Chaos said:
Story here at BBC

:shock:

7 years of age and he's up to stuff like this already? I'm still not sure whether this is something to be angry or laugh about. However when you read about his cruelty you can almost imagine what this little "darling" may be up to later on in life with human victims.

If he'd fallen into an enclosure and was eaten by a crocodile the tone of the story would be different - however as it is, some rare specimens have met a grim death at his young hands. Certainly the parents should be sued - if Australian law allows this.
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I posted this story in the Law & Order forum. I am sickened by the whole thing.

Jeffrey Dahmer started his "work" on animals. Enough said.
 
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Have I read somewhere (or am I wrong) that serial killers often have a juvenile history of extreme cruelty to small animals and smaller kids?

Just hope I'm wrong and this name doesn't come up again when he's 20-30...
 
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Infinite Chaos said:
Have I read somewhere (or am I wrong) that serial killers often have a juvenile history of extreme cruelty to small animals and smaller kids?

Just hope I'm wrong and this name doesn't come up again when he's 20-30...
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See my post above. This is exactly what Jeffrey Dahmer did.
 
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Thanks aps, I must have been typing as you posted.

I'm certain there is a link to other serial killers though, not just Dahmer. If this is the beginning maybe it would have been better if he had managed to scale the wall into "Terry's" enclosure.
 
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I was going to mention Jeffrey Dahmer too. :shock:

1. The security at this zoo totally blows.
2. The parents should definitely be held responsible.
3. This boy is obviously not well in the head. Normal young children his age love animals, they don't crush their heads with rocks. But then again, reptiles are not cute and furry and cuddly, but still... :shock:
 
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This kid needs serious help. At least he will get it young and I hope it will help him.
 
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americanwoman said:
This kid needs serious help. At least he will get it young and I hope it will help him.
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Indeed.
I'd keep an eye on him, sounds weirdly like how some killers begin
 
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Schedel-Stupperich (2001) state that some horse-ripping incidences have a sexual connotation, and in general, the link between sadistic sexual acts with animals and sadistic practices with humans or lust murders has been heavily researched. Some murderers tortured animals in their childhood, with some of them also practicing bestiality. Ressler et al. (1988) found that 36% of sexual murderers described themselves as having abused animals during childhood, with 46% of them reporting that they had abused animals during adolescence, and (1986) that 8 of their sample of 36 sexual murderers showed an interest in zoosexual acts.

In 1971, American researchers profiled the typical animal harmer as being a nine-and-a-half-year-old boy, with an IQ of 91 and a history of gross parental abuse. The UK "Young Abusers Project" sees children as young as five who have a record of sexual offences or 'extremely' violent behaviour. Of such people, they comment:

"They stamp on small hamsters or mice. Squeeze them or burst them, set fire to their fur. Gratuitous cruelty for which there can be no justification. ... A high proportion have a learning disability."

The author comments that it is:

this combination of extreme "cruelty to animals, if also accompanied by a sexual interest in animals, [which] is a high-risk indicator of a future sex offender." [1]

Studies have shown that individuals who enjoy or are willing to inflict harm on animals are more likely to do so to humans. One of the known warning signs of certain psychopathologies, including antisocial personality disorder, is a history of torturing pets and small animals. According to the New York Times:

"the FBI has found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appears in its computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional disorders lists cruelty to animals as a diagnostic criterion for conduct disorders." [2] and
"A survey of psychiatric patients who had repeatedly tortured dogs and cats found all of them had high levels of aggression toward people as well." [3]

This is a commonly reproduced finding, and for this reason, violence (including sexually oriented violence) towards animals, is considered a serious warning sign of potential serious violence towards humans.
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This story nagged at me so I looked this up on Wikipedia
 
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evading sensor alarms.
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How intricate a plan did this 7 year old have in order to "evade" their security sensors? :roll:

This is sickening. Agree with the previous posters, this is a huge red flag.
 
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It's revolting that a child could commit such an act. Where were his parents, and how do they now deal with a child who screams "future serial killer?" Is there still a chance that such a young child can be rehabilitated?


SYDNEY, Australia - A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.

The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's security camera, happened early Wednesday after the boy jumped a security fence at the Alice Springs Reptile Center in central Australia, said zoo director Rex Neindorf.

The child then went on a killing spree, bashing three lizards to death with a rock, including the zoo's beloved, 20-year-old goanna, which he then fed to "Terry," an 11-foot, 440-pound saltwater crocodile, said Neindorf.
The boy also fed several live animals to Terry by throwing them over the two fences surrounding the crocodile's enclosure, at one point climbing over the outer fence to get closer to the giant reptile.
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Boy breaks into zoo, kills animals - Asia-Pacific - MSNBC.com
 
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Steve Irwin would be proud....
 
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We knew there would be serious consequences to Bindy Irwin rapping. We just didn't know how bad they would be.
 
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Middleground said:
Damn, I did a search and it didn't come up. Sorry about the duplicate. :3oops:
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I started one myself in the Law & Order and questioned whether to put it in Breaking News. I was worried that it would get no attention because of the debates.

I am so disgusted with this kid. I can't watch the video because it would disturb me too much.
 
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Lawbreaking aside, was the kid really doing anything worse than eating a hamburger? Is feeding an animal to a croc any worse than slaughtering an animal?
 
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cascadian said:
Lawbreaking aside, was the kid really doing anything worse than eating a hamburger? Is feeding an animal to a croc any worse than slaughtering an animal?
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IMO, absolutely. There's a stark difference between killing for enjoyment and killing for necessity. (food) If I needed to, I could kill a cow, or rabbit, or deer, or whatever in order to eat. But I sure as hell wouldn't enjoy it. Eating meat is not the same as jumping a fence and bashing animals to death with rocks for pure, sick pleasure.

Personally, I think hunters that kill for pleasure to be sickening as well.
 
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I try to care about the lizards but... I got nothing.


Big deal. It's not really any different than a magnifying glass and an ant hill.
 
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Tucker Case said:
Big deal. It's not really any different than a magnifying glass and an ant hill.
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That is also sadistic and sick, IMO. Taking pleasure in suffering is twisted.
 
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rivrrat said:
IMO, absolutely. There's a stark difference between killing for enjoyment and killing for necessity. (food)
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So it comes down to motivations then, and I think that's a fair point, but I also think you may be reading a bit much into the actions of a 7 year old.
 
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boys will be boys :shrug:
 
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