This seems to be a case of the total incompetence that permeates everything. The enclosure should not have been so accessible, and if they didn't want to fix it, there should have been a zoo employee supervising it. The "crisis management team" should have been able to manage the crisis. The only innocent in this is the gorilla, which never harmed the boy.
I hope that zoo loses its gorillas to a more responsible and well-managed option.
You just saw part of the video. The gorilla started dragging the boy around.
It’s sad, but the zoo had no choice.
You have drawn faulty conclusions based on inadequate research on this event.
Have you ever tried to take something away from a gorilla?
I noticed all the screaming, too, and thought that it would have been a good thing to get them to quiet down, given the situation.
I will admit that there is no way that child should have been able to get into that enclosure.
With that being said, the only viable solution to save that child was the killing of the gorilla.......
That was a full grown male gorilla that was already on edge when we witnessed it grab the kid by the arm and take off across that waterway. There was no telling what could or would have happened after that.....
They have incredible strength and according to Jack Hanna who was interviewed this morning, he has witnessed them crush coconuts with one hand.........It's unlikely it could have been bribed into letting the child go by offering it a banana.......
The video doesn’t look like the gorilla was protecting the kid.