A gorilla over a child?

[swampman46]

These animal lovers really make me wonder about humanity sometimes. When a gorilla is slinging a child around like a rag doll, and certain people defend the the gorilla's life?...just makes me sick. I wish these great news people would ask them if they would feel the same way if it were "their" 4 yr old child down there.

["W"]

Actually i blame the parents of the child ..

[lil bubba]

Originally Posted by "W"

Actually i blame the parents of the child ..

Totally agree....You do not take your eyes or hands off a 4 year old in public....

[eman]

The child had told his mom that he wanted to get in the cage w/ the gorilla. She told him he could not and then turned her back on the child, He got over a rail and through 2 fences before falling into the moat, The male gorilla pulled him out of the water and according to witnesses pulled his pants up . The male gorilla was taking care of the boy until all the humans started screaming and yelling . The gorilla became visibly agitated and that's when they made the decision to put him down.

[Sightwindow]

Parents should be jailed for negligence. And wages attached for reimbursement of the animal.

[yigodiver]

Agree with W on this one!

Originally Posted by "W"

Actually i blame the parents of the child ..

[jchief]

Don't know the whole story, but my kids and grandkids can get into trouble in 2 seconds flat. Not sure any blame should go any where

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[Bluechip]

Originally Posted by jchief

Don't know the whole story, but my kids and grandkids can get into trouble in 2 seconds flat. Not sure any blame should go any where

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I agree.... Kids can slip off in the blink of an eye.

[me1ancon]

saw video this morning along with witness accounts. gorilla seems to be "caring" for the child; kinda feeling him out, until the yelling crowd agitates him and he tries to get away taking the boy along for the ride. he was NOT "violently throwing the boy around" as the media reports.

As for the parents...according to statements from the incident it seems that the boy had his hand in his mother's back pocket as she turned to take a picture. the boy slipped away from her and over/through the fence. there is a 4-5 foot ledge before the drop off into the enclosure. Witnesses say that the mother noticed the boy slipped away as he was going through the fence. she and others began yelling and attempting to get the boy but he continued forward until he fell....we all know what happened after that.

I understand the natural instinct to assign blame to explain how or why things happen; but, if I am understanding this situation correctly, this was simply a freak accident which ended in the loss of a great animal.

I also agree that the people crying about the gorilla would have a different tune if it were their kid. AND, if the zookeepers had waited and for some reason the boy would have been mortally injured the gorilla would have, in turn, been put down; which would have caused the loss of two lives.

Props to the Zoo for responding so quickly in such a tense situation.

[jopete]

gorilla < child. just look on food chain. lol

that being said, the parents should have to pay restitution to the zoo for replacement value of the gorilla. It would still be alive, throwing feces at people if that little boy's parents could of controled their child.

bet that gorilla gonna cost some money to replace.

[BassYakR]

Originally Posted by jopete

gorilla < child. just look on food chain. lol

that being said, the parents should have to pay restitution to the zoo for replacement value of the gorilla. It would still be alive, throwing feces at people if that little boy's parents could of controled their child.

bet that gorilla gonna cost some money to replace.

Id say its a 20K animal at minimum!

[swamp snorkler]

I know where they have a few gorillas that could be brought in for cheap.

[simplepeddler]

tragedies happen..........period end of story.........we have to stop our desire in this country to always need a boggy man.......there is no villain here......grieve and move on

[AlexOrtego]

Originally Posted by Sightwindow

Parents should be jailed for negligence. And wages attached for reimbursement of the animal.

y'all ever took care of a four year old..... i would like to think there's NO chance my kid would have ever dreamed of falling in there but I can say, just cooking on back patio, stir the pot/look down while browning.... look up, and they can get into a mess quick(not around a gorilla but into something you wouldn't typically let him be around such as electric fence or climbing a stack of t-post, etc)

with that being said, i do think the right decision was made... just a bad situation to be in no doubt

[biggun]

Jack Hanna.. The Foremost authority on Zoo Animals agreed with the decision to take the life of the gorilla... End of story...

Dudes.. Peta is coming for our small game, deer , ducks, and Saltwater fish...

Best get ready...

[Speck Attack]

Originally Posted by "W"

Actually i blame the parents of the child ..

agree 1000X....Hell the gorilla was doing a better job of watching the kid...

[Speck Attack]

Originally Posted by Sightwindow

Parents should be jailed for negligence. And wages attached for reimbursement of the animal.

you have my vote....no consequence to their action of negligence....

["W"]

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[fishfighter]

Originally Posted by Speck Attack

agree 1000X....Hell the gorilla was doing a better job of watching the kid...

Originally Posted by "W"

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hahahahahaha

[swampman46]

Originally Posted by me1ancon

saw video this morning along with witness accounts. gorilla seems to be "caring" for the child; kinda feeling him out, until the yelling crowd agitates him and he tries to get away taking the boy along for the ride. he was NOT "violently throwing the boy around" as the media reports.

I think you and I have 2 different opinions of what a "violent action" looks like. Let's face it...in that brief "non-violent" moment , the boy ended up with a concusion. This story could only play out in one direction-deadly. Jack Hanna who spent 30 plus years around gorillas, all but said, monitoring the gorillas actions-he would have killed the boy. And we don't know how the gorilla would have reacted to a tranquilizer dart. He could have associated the pain from the dart directly to the child. Then what would he have done...