A toddler in Florida stumbled into a rhinoceros exhibit Tuesday afternoon, came face-to-face with one of the beasts — and was rushed to a local trauma center to treat her injuries, officials said.

The two-year-old girl was participating in an educational “Rhino Encounter” at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, about an hour southeast of Orlando, when she fell between two of the steel poles guarding the enclosure at the ground level, the zoo said in a statement.

At least one of the Southern White rhinos in the enclosure made contact with the girl with his snout as the girl’s mother desperately tried to rescue her, injuring her arm in the process, the Brevard County Fire Rescue wrote on their Twitter page, adding the mother was also transported to a local hospital.

The zoo’s “Rhino Encounter” is a chance for kids to meet the zookeepers, touch and brush the animals and have a hands on experience while safely behind the steel poles, which apparently weren’t close enough together to keep the child from falling through.

A picture posted to Twitter by a zoo guest shows a small shoe in the enclosure, believed to belong to the injured toddler.

The zoo’s executive director Keith Winsten said in a statement they plan to suspend the encounters until they’ve thoroughly reviewed their processes and procedures and can ensure it won’t happen again.

“Our number one concern is the safety and welfare of our guests,” the statement read.

“Our hearts go out to the family.”