Sounds like Someone wasn’t watching a child.
“Do not go in the gorilla exhibit!”
So in the span of a week, two lions and a gorilla have been put to death because of the actions of stupid humans.
sounds like someone wanted a “cute” photo..
“pat the little monkey, sweetie. Oh nice monkey. Oh...”
Since someone was not looking at their child, a young Gorilla is dead, for acting as Gorillas will do. That family should be forbidden from returning to that Zoo. They may already be too traumatized.
If I was a really cynical person, I would say maybe the absentminded parent allowed the child to enter, accidentally-on-purpose, in hopes of suing the Zoo, and pocketing a few hundred thousand. Sort of ‘Crying all the way to the Bank”. But I’m sure they would’nt do something that wicked!
Sue the family for negligence leading to the loss of a valuable animal. Cost of replacement, loss of revenue, and .oney spent rescuing their child.
The parents probably had the kid sitting on the low fence watching and he might have squirmed out of their grasp after telling him how CUTE the gorilla was......either that or he crawled thru the rung of the fence....either way the parents are responsible for his safety.
SIlverback Gorilla, the strongest animal in the world. Lions won’t F with a gorilla, they’ll tear it apart.
Kid’s lucky it was a gorilla and not a chimp. Chimps do unspeakably frightful things to their victims in situations like this.
Maybe the zoo needs to hire a new architect, or maybe just get a new management team. They had a polar bear get out a few weeks ago.
Polar bear ‘contained’ after escaping area at Cincinnati Zoo
http://fox8.com/2016/03/16/polar-bear-escapes-containment-area-at-cincinnati-zoo/
Charge the parents for the cost of replacing the Gorilla...! And, for that matter....child endangerment.
I predict this kid will never be able to watch “King Kong.”
Our family regularly went to the zoo in NY when I young. Once while we were in the cat house during feeding time I decide I wanted an orange drink, so I just turned around and took off walking. Suddenly my parents realized I was not next to them with all the big cats roaring. It took a few moments for them to see me walking towards the concession stand outside a fair distance away.
My parents were not neglectful, so please hold back criticism when you were not there.
Sometimes when the lions wake up if the wind is right I can hear them roaring. It is an amazing sound God created...hair stands up on one’s neck. I digress...I Live like a mile from the zoo...I was at home at 4pm but my whole house fan is running so I didn’t hear the gunshot. Unbelievable that a parent wasn’t watching their kid. Unfortunate and fortunate simultaneously. I would bet either a .306 rifle or .50 cal handgun used. Either one would do it. We here in Cincy seem to make the news for all the wrong reasons. It’s a great place to raise a family even those I’m like the only conservative on my street save my like-minded wife.(And teens)
“Witnesses said the gorilla grabbed and dragged the screaming boy around the habitat for about 10 minutes.”
It took 10 minutes to respond the zoo’s SWAT team and take care of business. That’s about 7 minutes too long.
Why are people still going to zoos for Christs sake?
Last time I went I stared down a Red Rhino, son of a bitch got so pissed it charged, lucky there was a giant moat that prevented it from killing a bunch of people.
Stop with the wild animals already, put humans in instead, now THAT would be entertaining.
I swear these places exist just so the weirdos that go to college to get a degree in zoology have a place to work.
The gorilla didn’t kill the kid, so in my opinion, they should not have killed it.
Where were the kid's "parents"? Surely it must have taken time for him to crawl under that fence. The "parents" should be liable for the purchase price of a new gorilla, child endangerment, etc.
Zoos should be forced to reassess their enclosures to make them not animal-proof, but idiot-proof, preventing unauthorized entry by any sized human.
This calls for mandatory leash laws for children.