'They are distraught': Family jumped into crocodile pit to save toddler

Mother, father and son jumped into the crocodile enclosure to save the three-year-old.

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NZ Herald21 Jun, 2026 09:02 PM2 mins to readPolice at Johnsons Zoo, where a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy ended up in the crocodile enclosure. Photo / Getty ImagesThe family who own the Johnsons Zoo at Old Hurst, in Huntington, UK, jumped into the crocodile enclosure to rescue the three-year-old boy, after a stranger threw the toddler into the pit last Thursday.

Mother, father and son all jumped in and grabbed the toddler after a visitor threw the

'They are distraught': Family jumped into crocodile pit to save toddler

'They are distraught': Family jumped into crocodile pit to save toddler

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