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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A father was taken into custody after San Diego Police say he carried his 2-year-old daughter into the San Diego Zoo's elephant exhibit on Friday.
Police confirmed that at about 4 p.m. officers were called after the man was seen carrying his daughter through two fences and into the enclosure. One of those fences is electrified, according to police.
In a statement, zoo officials said the man, "purposely and illegally trespassed into a habitat, which is home to our Asian and African elephants." According to police, the elephants became upset after the man entered the enclosure with his daughter. Seeing the animals upset, he fled the exhibit with his daughter, dropping her on the way out, police added.
The man and his daughter made it out of the exhibit before zoo security could arrive, the zoo said.