Photo by Síle Moloney
A male worker at the Bronx Zoo was hospitalized on Sunday, May 24, after a crocodile bit his arm, police said.
An NYPD spokesperson said that on Sunday at around 2.45 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a 38-year-old man bit by a crocodile inside the Bronx Zoo.
Photo courtesy of the Bronx Zoo
“Upon further investigation, it was determined that the male worker was feeding the crocodile, sustained a small bit to his left arm,” the spokesperson said. “EMS responded and transported the man to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition. The investigation remains ongoing.”
Norwood News has reached out to the Bronx Zoo for comment and will share any updates we receive. As reported an emaciated alligator found in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park had been transferred to and cared for by the Bronx Zoo in 2023 but later died. In 2021, a woman was found trespassing inside the Bronx Zoo’s Lion’s Den.
Click here, here, here here, here, here and here for some of our recent Bronx Zoo-related stories.
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