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To: grania

You just saw part of the video. The gorilla started dragging the boy around.

It’s sad, but the zoo had no choice.


4 posted on 05/30/2016 10:27:21 AM PDT by sunrise_sunset
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To: sunrise_sunset

I agree the zoo had no choice, the could not take chances.

However, to me it looked like the gorilla was trying to protect the child. Perhaps it was dragging the child to a more secure location. We won’t ever know what it was thinking but there is a reasonable chance that it was not going to hurt the child. There was also a reasonable chance it would have hurt the child. So the zoo had to err on the side of caution.

The villians here are the parents.


50 posted on 05/30/2016 11:10:16 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: sunrise_sunset

The family should be billed by the zoo the price of one gorilla.


62 posted on 05/30/2016 11:15:59 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: sunrise_sunset

Absolutely.


123 posted on 05/30/2016 1:09:51 PM PDT by muggs
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To: sunrise_sunset

The gorilla started dragging the boy around......Ummm, I guessing gorillas don’t have babyslings, but I dunno. Would the mother have done any better? BTW, where IS a picture of the mother?


128 posted on 05/30/2016 1:17:26 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: sunrise_sunset

Yes I saw him drag the boy thru the moat/water, several times. It happened though- because people were screaming and hollering. I think the gorilla got scared.

The enclosure obviously should have been more secure that would not allow someone to fall into the enclosure.

The Mother, should have been more attentive.

Sad situation, Gorilla lost it’s life due to some dumb kid. The Mother will probably sue the zoo now.


138 posted on 05/30/2016 2:03:37 PM PDT by Engedi
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