For some reason, in spite of several decades' worth of evidence to the contrary, a small handful of stupid people seem to think that it's a good idea to climb into exhibits with zoo animals and try to make friends. Our latest fence-hopping bonehead comes to us via the El Paso Zoo in Texas, where she waded into the spider monkey exhibit to dispense some Cheetos, presumably for social media clout. She wanted attention. Well, she got it.
The woman was identified in short order as an employee of a local law firm, and her transgression was brought to their attention. She was subsequently fired. She did, to be fair, almost immediately find a job with a rival law firm, which has seemingly being trying to milk this for attention by ranting and raving to anyone who will listen about how unjust this whole thing was, but most people seem to be brushing them off as just being rather stupid (seriously, go to Lovett Law's Facebook page and read the comments. They're a hoot). More so than the firing, the young woman in question is also looking at some criminal charges, as El Paso Zoo is taking legal action against her. I'm glad to see that zoos and aquariums are increasingly willing to hit back at people who, through their own stupidity, put the lives and health of zoo animals in jeopardy. Enough is enough.
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