MORON facing charges after taking his 2 year old INSIDE wild elephant pen. VIDEO

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MORON facing charges after taking his 2 year old INSIDE wild elephant pen. VIDEO
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/san-diego-father-child-cruelty-elephant-enclosure-video

San Diego father faces child cruelty charge for zoo elephant enclosure trespass: see the video
Man appeared to pose for photo with the elephant
By Peter Aitken | Fox News

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The San Diego man who trespassed into an elephant enclosure with his 2-year-old daughter is expected to appear in court to face charges of child cruelty as he remains in prison on bail.

Jose Manuel Navarrete, 25, entered the San Diego Zoo elephant enclosure with his daughter on Friday, posing for pictures and video before fleeing as an elephant charged at them.

Video shows the entire incident, including when Navarrete appears to drop his daughter while fleeing from the elephant.

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Navarrete is facing a felony charge of child cruelty, including possible injury or death, and is being held on $100,000 bail as of Monday morning.

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He is scheduled for arraignment on March 30 at 8 a.m., with no projected release, according to county jail records.

Navarrete "purposely and illegally trespassed" into the habitat, zoo spokesman Andrew James said in a press release.


FILE - In this June 11, 2020, file photo, a sign is near the entrance to the San Diego Zoo in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) ((AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File))

Police said he "wanted to take a photo with the African bull elephant," and seemed to upset the animal.

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Fox News reached out to San Diego police for further statement, which is pending.


The elephant, Chaba, was taken from the wild as a baby, according to Catherine Doyle, director of science, research and advocacy with the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).

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"She was responding the way really an elephant would to an intruder," Doyle told KTVB 7. "It looked to me like it was a mock charge, which is really intended to scare off an intruder. However, if Chaba thought her message wasn't getting through, it could’ve turned into a more serious attack."

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Navarrete's daughter went home with her mother following the arrest. It was not immediately known if he had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.

No one was harmed during the incident, and police are investigating whether drugs or alcohol played a role.

Peter Aitken is a New York born-and-raised reporter with a focus on national and global news.
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[Ranger99]

Calling him a moron is being nice.
There's thousands just like him that
need to be permanently and irreversibly
sterilized where they cannot make
more babies that get used for props
and income sources.
This pinhead obviously doesn't need
to have or handle or be near any children
of any age. And again, there's thousands
of both sexes just like him

[Mule 11]

Thanks for the video as I only read the story. What an idiot...

[BUGEYE]

Ranger is correct, moron is too nice.
He apparently dropped his daughter so he could run faster.
Child abuser is too nice.
Off him before he can make more babies.

[Ranger99]

. .He apparently dropped his daughter so he could run faster.

He did drop the kid 
Video clearly shows it.
He sure doesn't need the ability to
create any more, because it's glaringly
obvious he can't adequately protect the
one he abandoned to save his own
worthless skin

[Ranger99]

Before anything else, he needs to
have the nutz removed and enough
of the surrounding areas removed
so it can't ever be reversed.
Lots of others need the same