“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.
BS. If the GD zoo can’t put up a barrier to prevent little kids from getting into wild animal enclosures or cages, they have no GD business being in the zoo business.
You are misinformed, state and local ordinances require that safety regulations be strictly adhered to in Chicago as well as every State owned or Privately funded operation that interacts with the public, Insurance requirements must be adhered to as well.
The fact that a determined psychopath can find entry into a dangerous situation or location makes the design job more difficult, but the innocent entry by a 4 year old into a dangerous enclosure is a design fault wholly responsible by the Zoo.
Do I think the mother is at fault for not watching her child? Certainly, but not to the point that the child had access to the enclosure.
This was clearly the Zoo design being at fault.