A Gorilla 'Tragedy'

Townhall.com ^ | June 2, 2016 | Mona Charen

[TomGuy]

I have tried Gorilla glue on a few things. It is expensive and doesn’t work so well.

[Alberta's Child]

All you had to do was look at the poles and posts to know this was NOT a safe condition.

I wouldn't make any judgement based on my own visual observation. Some of the most reasonable, objective people who have weighed in on this incident have been zookeepers and gorilla handlers from other zoos -- who have all pointed out that a zoo is required to meet specific design and safety standards for the protection of both the animals and the visitors.

Of course, this just means that the design/safety standards will probably be upgraded ... which is really no different than a stupid warning label on a cup of coffee from McDonald's.

[minnesota_bound]

They must have watered down the gorilla.

[muggs]

Not only did a kid manage to get in, 2 1/2 months earlier, 2 polar bears escapes their exhibit.

[TomGuy]

They are of the same mentality as those pushing Population Zero in the late 70s and 80s.

Carrying out Population Zero to its finite conclusion erases the human race from the planet — and that would make these types quite happy.

[Mears]

“Netflix/HBO GO/Amazon Prime.”

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I have all of those——pure delight.

A son insisted on installing the Fire Stick on my TV and I was very annoyed——I didn’t want it.

I guess mother doesn’t always know best. :-)

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[Telepathic Intruder]

What they really want is morals, but they mistakenly look for it in human values. So they’re constantly disappointed but they don’t know why.

[Kaslin]

or the mute button does too

[Jamestown1630]

Yes; they don’t have lives, why should anyone else?

So much today is being driven by a weird kind of ‘mental illness’...

-JT

[Jamestown1630]

Well, I think human values do develop out of an instinctive moral sense. But that sense has to be guided and nurtured appropriately, as it used to be in Churches, Sunday Schools, and through the general tone of society.

-JT

[Noob1999]

When I built a custom house in 1996 I was required to design upper landing design of not more than 4 inch clearances. When I upgraded a house in 2009. The staircase design required two balustrades per step, or about six inch spacing.

Clearly the zoo restraints were not up to code!

[Alberta's Child]

Clearly the zoo restraints were not up to code!

Do you have any source of information that supports this statement?

[xzins]

Actually the polar bears did not defeat their exhibit boundaries. Someone left a door open on the caretaker side. That was pure human error.

[Noob1999]

Yes! As I posted my residential requirements were much more stringent in Rhode Island and Texas than the three bars at a minimum of total height, of 36 inches as shown in the zoo video.

[Kaslin]

excellent point.

[Bigg Red]

I hate gorillas.

[ETL]

Similar incident from 1986...

” On 31st August 1986, a five year old by the name of Levan Merritt was visiting Jersey Zoo (in the Channel Islands) with his family. Yet tragedy very nearly struck, as Merritt fell 12 feet into the zoo’s gorilla enclosure, and was knocked unconscious as he landed on concrete.

Merritt was in very real danger, with the gorillas in the enclosure potentially seeing the boy as a threat. One of the female gorillas, Nandi, walked towards him, as Levan’s parents looked on in horror.

And then something extraordinary happened.

For Jambo, a then 25-year old gorilla, intervened. He positioned himself between Levan and the gorillas in the enclosure, and protected the boy. More than that, he cradled and petted the boy, keeping him safe until help arrived.”

http://mentalfloss.com/uk/animals/37362/the-gorilla-who-saved-a-5-year-old-boy-at-a-zoo
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Same incident...

“A gorilla rescued a toddler who fell into its exhibit, cradling the boy and protecting it from the other gorillas. It even carried the boy to the door to make it easier for paramedics to take the toddler away.”

http://thestir.cafemom.com/toddler/155936/gorilla_rescues_3yearold_who_fell
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Deja vu: Saturday's incident at Cincinnati Zoo, left, revived memories of Levan Merritt falling into the gorilla enclosure at Jersey Zoo in 1986, right [or bottom]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3617401/They-right-choice-says-Briton-saved-gorilla-fell-zoo-enclosure-aged-five.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
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‘They made the right choice’ says Brit who was ‘saved’ by a gorilla when he fell into a zoo enclosure aged five

By Hugo Gye for MailOnline
Published May 31, 2016

Levan Merritt, 35, fell into the gorilla enclosure in Jersey Zoo in 1986
He was protected by a giant silverback named Jambo and escaped safe
Says that footage of a similar incident at Cincinnati Zoo sparked memories of his own ordeal
Mr Merritt backs decision of zoo bosses to shoot gorilla dead to save boy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3617401/They-right-choice-says-Briton-saved-gorilla-fell-zoo-enclosure-aged-five.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

[ETL]

Similar incident from 1986...

” On 31st August 1986, a five year old by the name of Levan Merritt was visiting Jersey Zoo (in the Channel Islands) with his family. Yet tragedy very nearly struck, as Merritt fell 12 feet into the zoo’s gorilla enclosure, and was knocked unconscious as he landed on concrete.

Merritt was in very real danger, with the gorillas in the enclosure potentially seeing the boy as a threat. One of the female gorillas, Nandi, walked towards him, as Levan’s parents looked on in horror.

And then something extraordinary happened.

For Jambo, a then 25-year old gorilla, intervened. He positioned himself between Levan and the gorillas in the enclosure, and protected the boy. More than that, he cradled and petted the boy, keeping him safe until help arrived.”

http://mentalfloss.com/uk/animals/37362/the-gorilla-who-saved-a-5-year-old-boy-at-a-zoo
_______________________________

Same incident (1986)...

“A gorilla rescued a toddler who fell into its exhibit, cradling the boy [Levan Merritt] and protecting it from the other gorillas. It even carried the boy to the door to make it easier for paramedics to take the toddler away.”

http://thestir.cafemom.com/toddler/155936/gorilla_rescues_3yearold_who_fell
_______________________________

Deja vu: Saturday's incident at Cincinnati Zoo, left, revived memories of Levan Merritt falling into the gorilla enclosure at Jersey Zoo in 1986, right [or bottom]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3617401/They-right-choice-says-Briton-saved-gorilla-fell-zoo-enclosure-aged-five.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
_______________________________

‘They made the right choice’ says Brit who was ‘saved’ by a gorilla when he fell into a zoo enclosure aged five

By Hugo Gye for MailOnline
Published May 31, 2016

Levan Merritt, 35, fell into the gorilla enclosure in Jersey Zoo in 1986
He was protected by a giant silverback named Jambo and escaped safe
Says that footage of a similar incident at Cincinnati Zoo sparked memories of his own ordeal
Mr Merritt backs decision of zoo bosses to shoot gorilla dead to save boy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3617401/They-right-choice-says-Briton-saved-gorilla-fell-zoo-enclosure-aged-five.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

[muggs]

It escaped the exhibit, into a back area where employees can be.

[xzins]

They left a door open.