Friday, November 12, 2021

Woman Jumps Barrier at Bronx Zoo Lion Exhibit, Dances and Tosses Money

This is not the type of exhibit people came to see at the zoo.

Police say a woman climbed over a barrier at the Bronx Zoo's lion exhibit Thursday afternoon and cell phone footage shows her holding roses and tossing $100 bills into the air towards a lion.

The woman is seen in a blood wig, red dress, and leopard-print shawl.

A spokesperson for the Bronx Zoo said that witnesses ran to get security, but she was gone by the time they got there.

Zoo officials say they will press charges against the woman for criminal trespass if she is identified.