Two parents are facing criminal charges after their child was injured by a wolf at a zoo. Mom Carrie Sortor, 43, and dad Stephen Wilson, 61, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, were allegedly 30 yards away on cellphones at ZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park on Saturday when they heard a disturbance coming from the wolf enclosure. Their toddler had strayed under a perimeter fence and stuck their hand through the primary pen, at which point the wolf put it in its mouth. The child was pulled away by bystanders. Sortor and Wilson were charged with endangering the welfare of children by Derry Township Police Department and the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office following an investigation. The park’s operators, Hershey Entertainment and Resorts, told WGAL8 it was aware of the incident and “relieved that the child’s injuries were minor.” “Based on our review,” it continued, “an unsupervised 18-month-old child was able to crawl under an exterior perimeter fence, travel to the primary metal enclosure surrounding the wolf habitat, and put his hand through that fence. A wolf approached and made contact with the child’s hand. This type of response is consistent with natural animal behavior and was not a sign of aggression.”
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