BATON ROUGE – A judge dismissed a lawsuit against BREC after an exotic pigeon nearly bit off a toddler’s finger at the Baton Rouge Zoo, court records show.
The lawsuit, filed by Jessi and Urian “Ryan” Clements in 2023, said on Jan. 26, 2022, a Victoria crowned pigeon attacked a 2-year-old girl in an enclosed bird sanctuary open to the public. The parents sued for damages and alleged negligence by zoo officials.
According to the suit, a family caregiver took the Clements’ daughter and two sons to the zoo when a pigeon began squawking and attacked the daughter. The lawsuit said the bird bit the child’s finger down to the tendon, almost resulting in her losing her finger…