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Source: CNN
By Faith Karimi, CNN
Updated 1043 GMT (1843 HKT) October 4, 2019
(CNN) The woman who jumped into a lion's den at the Bronx Zoo has been identified, and police want your help in tracking her down.
The New York Police Department said the culprit is Myah Autry. She shared videos of herself climbing over the wooden fence Saturday, then waving and dancing once inside as the big cat gawked.
In the video, the lion appears too stunned to pounce and the woman seems unbothered even as it takes a few steps toward her.
"I want to get closer to him," the woman says in the video as she climbs over the wooden fence. "Baby! Hi, I love you!" she mumbles as she waves before later breaking into a little dance.
In addition to the lion's enclosure, Autry also illegally entered the giraffe area at the Bronx Zoo last week, police said.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/04/us/bronx-zoo-lion-enclosure-myah-autry-trnd/index.html
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)marble falls
(57,102 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Make her do community service....maybe she can clean dog poop from cages at the local animal shelter
She will find it's not all fun
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)stopdiggin
(11,316 posts)But I suspect she could also use a refresher in the concepts of "wrong" and "consequences" (IMO)
(and, if there's a compatriot doing the filming, I can't tell .. they could use some "counseling" as well)
brush
(53,785 posts)with lions. The lions always win.
tblue37
(65,403 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)I'll bet she was high
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)whathehell
(29,067 posts)A little compassion might be in order.
stopdiggin
(11,316 posts)Hugs and understanding .. immediately AFTER she stops engaging in action that endangers herself and others. (it's noted this is not the first time she's pulled this stunt)
whathehell
(29,067 posts)I.just have have problems imagining anyone of sound mind doing what she did.
hlthe2b
(102,290 posts)and result in the death of invaluable animals that would surely happen if she were to be attacked.
This is not only for HER safety but for those animals. We can not have a repeat of what happened to the gorilla a few years ago.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)and I'm not making excuses, just advising a little restraint in the face of harsh criticism
LeftInTX
(25,367 posts)I just see too many people doing stupid things around wild animals. It's as if it makes them feel important. That's why I feel cleaning dog excrement might be bring her down to earth.
But if she has real mental issues then of course, I agree that treating her illness will probably stop this type of behavior.
Stallion
(6,474 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)She'd be screaming at the top of her lungs to kill it to save her own miserable self?
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Boomerproud
(7,955 posts)Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)that it would have been her fault, and that they would have killed the lion afterwards.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)that they need to erect fences that can keep the human animals out of the wild animals enclosures