More than £100,000 raised for family of boy injured in crocodile enclosure

More than £100,000 has been raised for the family of a three-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a zoo’s crocodile enclosure.

Johnsons of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, said in a social media post it was “alerted to reports that a child had allegedly been thrown into one of our crocodile enclosures” on June 18.

A 30-year-old man from Norfolk was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident and was later bailed as police said he was “assessed as not being fit for interview”.

The suspect in the case reportedly has learning difficulties and had been on a trip with carers, and an investigation has been launched into his care.

Now more than £100,000 has been raised for the family on a fundraising page, which includes a top donation of £2,500 from someone anonymous.

Earlier this month, the boy’s family said in an update on the page that he had had seven operations in hospital and they are “amazed at how far he has come” and that he is “smiling again”.

They said they are “not at the end of our journey” but “hopeful” the most recent operation “will be the last for now which means if everything goes well we will be able to go home soon”.

More than £105,000 has been donated to the fundraising campaign to date. It can be found at gofundme.com/f/helping-the-family-of-3yr-old-injured-in-crocodile-enclosure.