(CNN) A 2-year-old girl was injured at a Florida zoo during a private rhino encounter experience, zoo officials said. The toddler and her family were taking part in a close-up experience with white rhinos at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida, on Tuesday when the girl came into contact with the animals. At some point during the experience, the toddler wedged through the posts and got into the rhinos' yard, said Andrea Hill, the zoo's marketing and communications director. The distance between the posts is roughly 11 inches, Hill said. As two female rhinos approached the toddler, the snout of one of them made contact with the child and she got bumped, Hill said.

Source: CNN January 01, 2019 23:48 UTC