7-year-old gets free pass on 13 animal zoo killing spree

A 7-year-old Australian boy went on a zoo ‘killing spree’ during which he killed 15 rare reptiles feeding many of them to a 11-foot long crocodile.

When zoo employees came in the next morning they assumed that the reptiles had somehow escaped into the crocodiles enclosure. Surveillance cameras had a hard time showing the small boy who passed under their frame of view.

One camera for the crocodile enclosure showed an emotionless young boy feeding the rare reptiles to the large 440-pound salt water crocodile. At one point the boy climbed over the wall to get a closer look at the carnage.

The reptiles included a rare twenty year old goanna, a large turtle, bearded dragons, other goannas, Thorny Devils and Blue tongue lizards which are rare in captivity.

“I thought for the sheer consequences of what he did that there would have to be some severe punishment, but he’s only seven, they can’t do anything to kids under 10,” Mr Neindorf said.

“We’re going to see what we can do, maybe try and sue the family in the civil court, we’ll look down that avenue.”

According to Mr Neindorf, the “nasty” boy’s brother was part of a group who attacked Terry the crocodile about five years ago.

He said they often get kids trying to throw rocks at the animal enclosures from a nearby hill, but this incident is the worst that has happened in the history of the zoo.

Police questioned the boy who lives nearby but are unable to proceed with any criminal charges. The laws in that part of Australia shield children under the age of ten from liability in any criminal prosecution.

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