(Photo: KTHV-TV, Little Rock, Ark.) The toddler is being treated for extensive scalp lacerations, a skull fracture and minor puncture wounds, said Lt. Sidney Allen of the Little Rock Police Department. Lt. Sidney Allen with the Little Rock Police Department told THV11 that whether the puncture wounds came from the fall or one of the animals in the exhibit was not known, but doctors did say that the wounds were not life-threatening. — A 3-year-old is in critical condition Friday after falling about 15 feet into the jaguar exhibit at the Little Rock Zoo, zoo officials said. But a zookeeper in the primate area who made the initial call to emergency services told police that she ran over to the exhibit after hearing people screaming for help and saw one of the jaguars with its mouth around the boy's neck, according to the police report. LISTEN: 911 call reporting child falling into LR Zoo cat exhibit (http://on.kthv.com/1xzO1Zy) 
 
 The father and grandfather told police that they both saw the child's feet go over the railing out of their peripheral vision, according to the report. The father ran to get help and returned to throw items at the cats to keep them at bay—one ran off and didn't return while other circled back and reportedly bit the child on the back of the neck. The report also indicated that the father threw something else at the cat and that made the animal release the boy. John Swanson with MEMS said an ambulance was posted in the zoo area, so they were able to respond to the scene in two minutes and transport the child to the hospital in three minutes. Children's Hospital asked THV not to come to the hospital after the zoo incident. — Shayla Teater (@thvshayla) October 10, 2014 
 
 Little Rock Zoo spokesperson Susan Altrui released this complete statement from the City of Little Rock that stated: 
 
 A child fell into the jaguar exhibit at the Little Rock Zoo and has sustained injuries. The incident happened at about 10:45 a.m. CT, and zoo staff who responded to calls for help kept the cats away from the boy with a fire extinguisher, zoo spokeswoman Susan Altrui said. "Zoo staff are trained to use fire extinguishers to safely overwhelm potentially dangerous animals if an incident like this were to occur," Altrui said in a statement. "Zoo staff were able to successfully keep the cats back while other zoo staff lowered a ladder into the exhibit. A zoo staffer then climbed into the exhibit and retrieved the child who was conscious and responding." The child, who is not being identified at the family's request, was handed back to his father, and both were taken by golf cart to the zoo's back gate where an ambulance was waiting, Altrui said. City manager Bruce Moore said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the child and the family. The safety of our citizens is of paramount value and our staff followed training procedures on rescuing the child and were able to respond quickly and efficiently and work with emergency personnel. An investigation into the incident is being conducted, Moore said. The Little Rock Zoo is accredited through 2016 with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, according to a list on the organization's website. According to the zoo, they were accredited in 2001, 2006, and tabled for accreditation in 2011 over financial stability of the zoo. Rob Vernon of the association, which has 229 accredited zoos and aquariums as members, said the zoo was inspected and accredited again in 2012. Tanya Espinosa with the USDA told THV 11 they conduct inspections of the zoo twice a year as well and since October 2013 they haven't found any violations. Contributing: Shayla Teater, KTHV-TV, Little Rock 
 
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– A jaguar bite to the neck left a three-year-old boy in critical condition—but he's now "stable and ... expected to improve," the Arkansas Children's Hospital says. The boy was visiting a zoo in Little Rock, Ark., when he fell into the jaguar display, USA Today reports. Hearing calls for help, a zookeeper hurried to the spot to see an animal biting the boy's neck, she told police. Now the boy, whose name hasn't been released, is being treated for injuries to his skull and scalp, police say. The wounds aren't life-threatening, hospital staff say, per THV11. "Zoo staff are trained to use fire extinguishers to safely overwhelm potentially dangerous animals if an incident like this were to occur," an officer says. That's what they did "while other zoo staff lowered a ladder into the exhibit," he notes. "A zoo staffer then climbed into the exhibit and retrieved the child, who was conscious and responding." The boy's father also threw things at the animals, and one such throw prompted the biting animal to let the child go, per the police report.