Women gone wild! Mothers brawl in front of children in the parking lot of Houston Zoo after a fight over a CAR SPACE during free admission day
- Fight occurred Free Admission Tuesday in the parking lot of Houston Zoo
- Witnesses say a woman was trying to reserve a spot by standing in it
- When another car pulled up wanting the spot, a brawl broke out
- Video of the incident went viral on Thursday
- Zoo said they were disappointment in the behavior of the women involved
A group of women went a little wild at Houston Zoo on Tuesday.
In scrambling to fight a park for free admissions day, an argument over a car space lead to a fist-throwing, hair-pulling brawl that was caught on camera by a shocked bystander.
According to Linda Padilla, the witness who filmed the incident, a woman got out of a car and ran over to an empty spot, standing across it while the car she was in circled around.
The fight then started when another car pulled up and tried to take the spot.
Animals: In scrambling to fight a park for free admissions on Tuesday, an argument over a car space lead to a fist-throwing, hair-pulling brawl that was caught on camera by a shocked bystander
Savage: The brawl is said to have started when one woman was trying to reserve a car space, and another car pulled up wanting to take it
In a video taken from the scene - which went viral on Thursday - the group of women are seen pulling each others hair and throwing punches
Padilla told ABC 13 News that she heard one of the women yell: 'I'm saving this spot and you can't have it.'
'The lady tried to pull in and that's when the lady walked up and hit her car,' Padilla said.
'Then the lady jumps out of her car and they started going at it.'
The witness said that was the point that another woman out of her car and the fight really began.
The video shows a major scuffle between a group of women.
At one point, a woman in a grey dress lands a punch right in the face of a blonde woman.
Houston Zoo said that they were 'disappointed to see the behavior displayed by the adults in the video'
In the middle of the brawl, another women tries to park her stroller across the empty parking spot, presumable to reserve it.
A video of the incident then appeared on Live Leak.
Several children witnessed the fight and officers were called to the scene.
However the brawl was over by the time police arrived and the women were gone.
The Houston Zoo just released a statement in response to the video, which quickly went viral Thursday.
The statement said: 'While the parking lot outside the Houston Zoo front entrance is not owned or managed by the zoo, we were disappointed to see the behavior displayed by the adults in the video. The safety and security of our guests is our priority and we work diligently with our staff and HPD to ensure visitors to the Houston Zoo are safe.'
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