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Mum of boy who fell into gorilla zoo enclosure blasts critics saying 'accidents happen'
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Posted on 05/30/2016 10:20:03 AM PDT by traumer
The mother of the boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure has said that "accidents happen" on a Facebook post hitting out at critics.
The endangered animal was shot dead by zoo staff to protect the four-year-old after it began dragging him around.
Michelle Gregg has faced criticism for social media users and animal rights campaigners, who claim she should have been keeping a closer eye on her child.
Some animal lovers even suggested she should have been shot and killed instead of the gorilla Harambe.
Responding to the criticism on Facebook, she said: "I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers today. What started off as a wonderful day turned into a scary one.
"For those of you that have seen the news or been on social media that was my son that fell in the gorilla exhibit at the zoo. God protected my child until the authorities were able to get to him.
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To: miss marmelstein
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Im sure that very little boy has contusions and serious bruising. I wouldnt be surprised if his arm wasnt torn out of its socket."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfuz7cTDNeI
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Im not blaming anyone. Children move quickly. All the mother had to do was turn her head."
I'm not either, although the Zoo administration will probably have a better barrier built. In political speech, lefties tend to say, "Stop" [this], or "stop" [that], but bad things will continue to happen. We can only revert to thousands of years of wisdoms to prevent some bad things from happening very often.
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Gorillas may be protected species but they are not protected under hate speech. And I hate gorillas!"
It's natural to hate them. People who lived near gorilla populations in their original environment hated them for good reasons.
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posted on
05/30/2016 2:43:41 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: savedbygrace
re: reporters telling the truth
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.
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posted on
05/30/2016 2:44:39 PM PDT
by
grania
To: familyop
They stink, they’re ugly and they almost destroyed the Empire State building in the 1930s.
Check out a new thread in which a monkey-loving freeper wants us to sign a petition to demand ‘justice’ for a monkey. And we say only democrats are dumb!
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posted on
05/30/2016 2:45:40 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
To: muggs
To: miss marmelstein
At the same time, in sane conditions, I love animals. They keep life going. Take this meat loaf, for example.
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posted on
05/30/2016 2:47:18 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: Robert DeLong
A spokesman for the zoo said the gorilla could squeeze a coconut and break it open.
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posted on
05/30/2016 2:48:06 PM PDT
by
muggs
To: familyop
LOL! Take the pork loin we just stuck on the barbeque.
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posted on
05/30/2016 2:51:58 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
To: grania
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.
To: dljordan
Wow, is that the only thing you could think of.
Too many freepers are very judgmental.
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posted on
05/30/2016 2:55:37 PM PDT
by
muggs
To: savedbygrace
The barriers at the exhibit exceeded the protocolsWhat I'm suggesting is that perhaps the protocols aren't enough to protect the animals from stupid people. I'm basing it partly on observation at the zoo near here. I've also suggested that with an open exhibit such as this one with gorillas, it seems a zoo attendant should be present when the exhibit is being viewed by the public.
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posted on
05/30/2016 3:01:36 PM PDT
by
grania
To: traumer
Anyone see this yet? I got this off Coulters Facebook page. The kid was BLACK and the Obamazombies blame white people anyway.......
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posted on
05/30/2016 3:03:59 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
To: savedbygrace
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posted on
05/30/2016 3:05:31 PM PDT
by
timestax
(American Media = Domestic Enemy)
To: Jed Eckert
You see this? The Obamazombies are blaming whites anyway even though the kid is black.
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posted on
05/30/2016 3:05:34 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
To: miss marmelstein
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posted on
05/30/2016 3:10:35 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: familyop
Interesting that article since yesterday I was told that gorillas are the Quakers of the animal kingdom.
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posted on
05/30/2016 3:18:03 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
To: miss marmelstein
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Check out a new thread in which a monkey-loving freeper wants us to sign a petition to demand justice for a monkey. And we say only democrats are dumb!"
I'll do that. On those misunderstanding our Constitution (rights for people--not animals), most of them might be Democrats. By being anonymous, donating and getting more involved in Republican discussions over the years, they've turned both parties toward socialism and social pathologies.
OpenSecrets.org American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees [
State/County/Municipal Employees]
[Total Contributions:] $94,708,977
[To Dems & liberals:] $93,739,954
[To Repubs & Conservs:] $671,755
[Pct to Dems & liberals:] 99%
[Pct to Repubs & Conservs:] 1%
Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think) National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"
...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."
...and pensioners from the same.
Americas Ruling Class And the Perils of Revolutionhttp://spectator.org/articles/39326/americas-ruling-class-and-perils-revolution
The Fragmenting of the New Class Elites, or, Downward Mobilityhttp://volokh.com/2011/10/31/the-fragmenting-of-the-new-class-elites-or-downward-mobility/
Environmentalism and the Leisure Classhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2835601/posts
The New Upper Class and the Real Reason We Dislike Themhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2843575/posts
Are you a member of the political class?http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/are_you_a_member_of_the_politi.html
Downtons Class System and Ours: We have a ruling class that despises the free market and does...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3024119/posts
And they complain about those they put out of work with so many regulations and fees: those who are drawing welfare while not being influential in politics. Some animals feel that they are more equal than other animals.
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posted on
05/30/2016 3:20:42 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
The problem with these Einsteins is that they went to You Tube and watched the wrong video. The one they’re watching is of a little white boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure, knocked himself out and then, eventually scared off the female gorilla by screaming.
They didn’t bother looking for this one which clearly features a little black boy.
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posted on
05/30/2016 3:20:48 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
To: grania
Well, you’re suggesting now for the first time. As fast as this thing happened, a single attendant couldn’t have stopped it either.
Face it, determined children cannot be protected 100% from all of their misadventures.
My first reaction, after the blame the mother reports first came in, was that the parents should be sued. Now that I’ve heard the facts, I retract that statement.
To: familyop
Yes! Republicans - and I think we’re all guilty of this unless we examine our consciences before we go to bed each night - absorb liberal social values just as much as Demon-crats. That’s why we must speak out, ridicule and mock, this type of hysterical emotional response to the death of a goddamned gorilla.
Mockery is a great tool.
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posted on
05/30/2016 3:23:38 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
To: miss marmelstein
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posted on
05/30/2016 3:28:51 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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