A mother in Uzbekistan who threw her 3-year-old daughter into a bear’s pit at a zoo in Uzbekistan is facing attempted murder charges.
The woman, who has not been identified by the authorities, faces up to 15 years in prison if she is convicted of the facts.
Images of security cameras show the moment in which the adult throws the girl through a crack in the Tashkent zoo, a few 15 feet below as if It was a package.
Witnesses mobilize to ask for help , while the animal -named Zuzu- walks around the girl, smells her, but leaves.
Miraculously, the minor survived, although she suffered bruises and cuts as a result of the fall
“A young woman threw a girl into the bear enclosure, in front of all the visitors. It is not completely clear what the reason was,” said a zoo spokeswoman as quoted by East2West News.
“Both visitors and zoo staff tried to stop her, but could not. We are scared just thinking how this could have ended if the bear had reacted to the infant as its prey, “added the spokeswoman. 1200