The elephant in the room is this, the fault lies not with the child, not with the parent, not with the Gorilla, but with the Zoo. It was their responsibility to assure the public that there would be no possible entry into the Gorilla compound, yet a 4 year old found a way in, and was put in danger. The shoot a dart into the gorilla would have caused additional danger to the child, the Zoo personnel knew this, which is way killing to Gorilla was the only immediate option they had.
The fault, was entirely the Zoo. And they know it.
“It was their responsibility to assure the public that there would be no possible entry into the Gorilla compound...”
This is impossible, since the public are humans. An enclosure has not yet been invented (and I wager it never will be invented) that a determined human won’t be able to find a way to enter. Solving such problems is what humans do.
The fault, was entirely the Zoo. And they know it.
Not really. Doesn’t a parent have some responsibility for their child?
bullshyte, that enclosure has been in place for years and years while THOUSANDS walk past the gorillas every year. The kid told the mother he wanted to go in the water and mom wasnt watching, the kid climbs the fence that has kept THOUSANDS away for years.
Zoo’s fault, phooey. Damn mother was screaming “thats my baby” well where in the world were you a minute ago when you told your kid repeatedly that he cant to in the gorilla moat.