Posted on 05/29/2016 2:38:41 PM PDT by EveningStar
The killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old boy tumbled into the ape's enclosure triggered outrage and questions about safety, but zoo officials called the decision to use lethal force a tough but necessary choice.
More than 2,000 people signed a petition on Change.org that sharply criticized the Cincinnati Police Department and the zoo for putting down the animal and called for the child's parents to be "held accountable for their actions of not supervising their child."
Cincinnati police on Sunday said the parents had not been charged, but that charges could eventually be sought by the Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney. A spokeswoman for the prosecutor did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Gorillas are beautiful animals. Such a shame.
I wish I could recall where I saw the video of the gorilla flinging the boy through the water. One witness said he also throw the boy against the wall.
Gorillas——mighty big wings and drumsticks.
Like I said, that had to be a tough kid. Maybe even a Clark Kent type.
Evil animal activists
So THESE parents are to be held accountable? But not the parents of kids roaming the streets, rioting and killing folks. Those parents are victims.
This was a tragic accident. Just am grateful the child survived.
Gorilla Lives Matter.
Unfortunately necessary, but a real shame it had to happen. Gorillas are critically endangered, and losing even one to nonsense like this is a loss to the entire world. I’d blame the parent who let a child scramble into a zoo animal enclosure, and if I managed that zoo I’d look into ways of preventing children and fools from duplicating the feat.
The zoo should protected its animals by having a child- proof enclosure
I just looked at the video for the first time and was shocked to see the gorilla actually being gentle with the child and standing over him in a way that appeared protective. I understand that the gorilla behaved more aggressively after zoo workers entered the habitat, but that was not shown in the video I saw. While I just hate armchair quarterbacking, and am in no position to question the actions of zoo personnel, it honestly did not appear that the gorilla needed to be killed. It’s done now, though. The boy is safe. It’s a real pity, the whole situation.
See post 112.
It is just fine to burn down every single zoo animal if it saves a life of an innocent child. One human life is worth more than all animals. But if someone threatens MY animal, which is my property, that human has forfeited his.
“agree the gorilla had to be killed but the parents should face charges as well.”
Kill the gorilla, fine the parents to reimburse the zoo, and jail the parents for their child negligence, and put the kid up for an adoption where the new family looks after him properly.
The was a very similar incident to this about a year or so ago where the gorilla wound up being hailed as a hero. I hope someone does a detailed study to compare the two events.
This is why animal rights is so potentially dangerous. Imagine the zookeepers charged with murder.
What about the zoo. I say they are at fault. It should be able to keep the visitors and animals separated without their security measures being so easily defeated.
Like I said before a four year old defeated the zoos measures to keep visitors and animals separated. A parent would only need to be distracted for q second for a four year old to slip under a big enough hole in a fence.
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