6-Year-Old Enjoys Fundraiser for Her Rare Disease: I Wore 'a Unicorn Onesie and Butterfly Wings!'

Photo: Amanda Robertson Born withRecessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), 6-year-old Elodie Kubik does not let the disease stop her from having fun. “I like playing with my friends,” Elodie says. She adds, “We play kitchen and dress up. No one stares at me.” Like all children with EB, Elodie has very fragile skin due to the lack of a critical protein that binds the layers of the skin together. Internal and external wounds, as well as severe pain, are frequent occurrences.

6-Year-Old Fatally Shot by 9-Year-Old in Florida, Say Police

News4JAX The Local Station/YouTube During apress conference, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Assistant Chief J.D. Stronko said that police were dispatched after being notified that a person was shot in the 5500 block of Shady Pine Street South Monday afternoon. Upon arrival at the home, police found a 6-year-old with a gunshot wound to the head. The victim was taken to a local hospital and was later pronounced dead as a result of the injury, said Stronko.

6-Year-Old Giraffe Dies at New York Zoo After Getting Caught in His Enclosure's Gate

Photo: Seneca Park Zoo/Facebook A 6-year-old giraffe tragically died after an accident at a zoo in Rochester, New York. “The possibility of this kind of event happening was unforeseen and unprecedented,” Seneace Park Zoo Superintendent Steve Lacy said. “The gate structure, installed in 2018, is a standard giraffe enclosure feature and is used in a number of accredited zoos around the country.” The New York zoo added that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) were “notified of the accident, and SPZ is working with both agencies regarding the incident and on the modifications to the gate structure.

6-Year-Old Giraffe Recently Diagnosed with Cancer Is Pregnant, New York Zoo Confirms

6-year-old Masai giraffe Kipenzi is seen being cared for at the Seneca Park Zoo.Photo:Seneca Park Zoo/Facebook Seneca Park Zoo/Facebook A 6-year-old Masai giraffe at the Seneca Park Zoo is pregnant; a discovery made several months after the animal was diagnosed with cancer. The New York zoo revealed the news while sharing an update on Kipenzi’s condition on Friday. “In working closely with Kipenzi to train her for medical procedures, we have been able to take ultrasounds, as we had some evidence she might be pregnant.

6-Year-Old Girl and Her Parents Shot After a Basketball Rolls into Their Neighbor's Yard

Police and U.S. Marshals are searching for a man who allegedly shot 6-year-old Kinsley White and her parents after a basketball rolled into his yard in North Carolina this week. Robert Louis Singletary is at large and wanted in connection to the shooting, which happened at approximately 7:44 p.m. local time on Tuesday, the Gaston County Police Department announced in asocial media statement. Witnesses at the scene said Singletary, 24, became angry when the ball went into his yard.