In this case they seem to be trying to sort it out. All of the issues were coming up....parental supervision, adequate safeguards, other alternatives, was the child in danger etc.
The more I think about it, the zoo is at fault. It's a "given" that a lot of parents are irresponsible. It could also easily happen with a field trip. There should be some kind of barrier or enclosure that stops the animals from getting out and people from getting in. Why? The zoos have a primary obligation to keep the animals safe and secure. I'm not at all comfortable with a situation where the animal had to be killed when it wasn't at fault.
I think of the zoo near here. There are situations where they assume the animals can't get out. If provoked, I'd wager some of them could. But a lot of those habitats are such that people could get in.
The barriers at the exhibit exceeded the protocols. The boy climbed over the fence very quickly and fell into the water very quickly.
A lot of news reports purposely edited out the parts of the video where the gorilla flings the boy through the water. And they never mentioned that, before the video began, the gorilla threw the boy against the wall. That throw is probably what cause the boy’s concussion.
That what I mean by saying that many did not report the truth. They had the truth because they had the entire video and the witnesses’ statements. They decided to not report that side of it.
But you can believe whatever you choose to believe.