[Hot Tabasco]

I hope that zoo loses its gorillas to a more responsible and well-managed option.

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.......

[AnotherUnixGeek]

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.....

That's true. Once the kid got in the enclosure and the keepers couldn't get the gorilla way from that child, there was no alternative but to put the animal down - there's no telling what might have happened to the child. But the zoo should have done a far better job of securing the enclosure, and the mother should have done a far better job of minding her child.