{"id":158035,"date":"2026-04-05T21:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/158035\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:51:12","slug":"18-month-old-injured-at-zooamerica-in-hersheypark-after-crawling-under-fence-near-wolf-enclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/158035\/","title":{"rendered":"18-month-old injured at ZooAmerica in Hersheypark after crawling under fence near wolf enclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An 18-month-old suffered minor injuries after crawling under a fence and sticking his hand into a wolf enclosure at the ZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park in Hershey, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, April 4, an unsupervised child crawled under an exterior perimeter fence and then made his way to the primary metal enclosure that surrounds the wolf habitat, according to a spokesperson for Hershey Entertainment and Resorts.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-month-old put his hand through the fence, at which point &#8220;a wolf approached and made contact with the child&#8217;s hand,&#8221; a statement on behalf of ZooAmerica said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This type of response is consistent with natural animal behavior, and was not a sign of aggression. The child was never inside the wolf&#8217;s enclosure, and we are relieved the injuries were minor,&#8221; the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>ZooAmerica said its habitats are designed with &#8220;multiple layers of protection&#8221; and clear signage about barriers, and visitors are expected to remain within designated areas and supervise children at all times.<\/p>\n<p>ZooAmerica, which is located inside Hersheypark, is an 11-acre zoo that houses animals found in North America. According to the park&#8217;s website, it is home to three Gray wolves: Twister, Hazel and Freya.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An 18-month-old suffered minor injuries after crawling under a fence and sticking his hand into a wolf enclosure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1509,28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-158035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-hersheypark","9":"tag-pennsylvania","10":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","11":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}