From what I could see he was minding the little punk better than his parents were. Sure he took him for a pretty aggressive swim, but that was only after the idiots up top started screaming and startled him . I don't see where he was ever trying to hurt the kid . Bottom line, a magnificent beast killed due to parental negligence . Probably on their cell phones. Disgusting.
They killed the ape up in Cincy.....
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According to a woman on Facebook, who was beside the parent at the zoo, the mom said the kid had his hand in her backpocket while she was taking a picture and then crawled through these bushes and flopped over into the gorilla pit before she realized he was gone.
I have a kid the same age and you can't take your eyes off a kid in that environment. It's also BS to kill a wild animal for something an idiot human did.
I have a kid the same age and you can't take your eyes off a kid in that environment. It's also BS to kill a wild animal for something an idiot human did.
Mom will likely sue the zoo now.
They should got all the gawkers away from the area and sent down a banana full of horse tranquilizer.
The ape looked like it was trying to protect the kid than hurt him.
They should got all the gawkers away from the area and sent down a banana full of horse tranquilizer.
The ape looked like it was trying to protect the kid than hurt him.
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Babies. Sick of'em. They get all the bennies and they are never held accountable for their behavior.
Baby shoots his dad. It's the dads fault.
Why I tell you what should be done. They should punish that baby to the extremest. Sick of babies getting a free pass in this world
Baby shoots his dad. It's the dads fault.
Why I tell you what should be done. They should punish that baby to the extremest. Sick of babies getting a free pass in this world
Been a rough couple weeks for zoos.
Dude was drowned by a walrus in Shanghai.
Lions were killed in a Chilean zoo after a guy tried to commit suicide via mauling.
Mountain lions ate a koala at the LA zoo.
Now this.
Dude was drowned by a walrus in Shanghai.
Lions were killed in a Chilean zoo after a guy tried to commit suicide via mauling.
Mountain lions ate a koala at the LA zoo.
Now this.
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It's on the zoo. Their negligence. How can you have an opening into a wild animal pen? Their job is to protect the animals from we stupid humans.
Here's my thought. Almost every parent has lost track of your kid for a few seconds, and many much worse. In those few seconds of panic at the mall/store/game your first thought is not the absolute worst case scenario. If I was the mom or dad, my first thought wouldn't be, "oh, he must've wandered off into the gorilla enclosure." I'd be looking in the immediate surroundings and go from there. So, sure she is somewhat to blame, but it doesn't mean she's some kind of neglectful monster. Not surprisingly, the Internet has provided another reason to overreact without any facts.
They wouldn't have shot this one.
Exactly! People are blindly labeling this parent neglectful while not acknowledging the fact that kids get into ****. If this was a case of her turning her head for a moment or her tending to another one of her kids for a second while this kid accidently got in with the gorillas, then that is not neglect.
I'm more curious as to why it was so easy for a kid to get to the gorilla.
Apparently it wasn't that easy, as it hadn't happened it 30 years since that exhibit had been there. And the kid supposedly tried several times to get in there...not to mention he then had to drop like 12 feet.
Rack.
Happened to note to my hen last weekend at the Louisville zoo that the lion exhibit would be *cake* to get into for a kid....climbable ledge, 3' fence, then a 10' drop into a moat similar to the one in question here. Hell BRax's zany kids would make quick work of it.
As much as that gorilla appeared to not be consciously trying to harm the kid, it could've killed the kid accidentally at the drop of a hat. Got to take him down, human (esp kid) over animal every time.
They wouldn't have shot this one.
Fantastic.
Turn out the lights. This guy just delivered the best post ever. No sense in going on.
Well it's a shame the zoo personnel didn't have your view of the circumstances...
geesh what an idiot..
I go to the zoo there about once a year and am pretty familiar with it and this exhibit. It's not something you can just accidentally fall into, but if you wanted to climb in, you could (obviously).
I didn't realize the gorillas could actually get down in that moat. I figured that was an additional barrier, but I was obviously wrong about that. I'm surprised the kid wasn't more seriously hurt by the fall as that's a big drop, especially for a 4 year old.
I think they did the right thing, had they waited anything could have the gorilla off and in one second that kid would have been dead. No animal is worth a human life. Sad event and I wouldn't mind seeing something done to the parents that allowed it to happen but I can't argue against the fact that the zoo should have made it to where the little turd couldn't have gotten in there.
I liked thought whoever posted that they should have removed all the people, that could have easily escalated things out of control and they're lucky that didn't happen. I wouldn't have wanted to have to make the call in such a hurry, like I said I think they did great.
I liked thought whoever posted that they should have removed all the people, that could have easily escalated things out of control and they're lucky that didn't happen. I wouldn't have wanted to have to make the call in such a hurry, like I said I think they did great.
Apparently it wasn't that hard either, which is how a 4 year old was able to do it.
You say that now John Blue. But what about that ape's family? How you think they will take it? You think they will like your emotional reasoning?
I read where the ape's brother was furiously pounding his chest and stated "try that stuff in the jungle"
I read where the ape's brother was furiously pounding his chest and stated "try that stuff in the jungle"
You monster
This event has certainly livened up the joke circuit.
3 foot wall. 4 feet of low shrubs. Moat.
That little brat is going to own the cincy zoo and a half dozen mercedes with some variation of vanity tags "zoo guy"
What a completely ******* negligent design.
We shouldn't have zoos to begin with but since we do a parent should be focused in that environment . Lose track of a kid at home no problem , grocery it happens , restaurant easy to do . A zoo with wild animals , no excuse for not paying attention but even if you do get distracted at least don't do it with lions , tigers , apes and deadly animals .
Hope you guys get this gorilla situation figured out. Hadn't heard a word about it til I got on here.
Heard they tried to lasso the ape, but it didn't work quite right.
I'd love to see some video of what the parent was doing before this happened. When my kids were 4, they were holding a parent's hand or strapped in a stroller always in view in public places. I would have been more worried about the people walking around near them then the animals and wouldn't have taken my eyes or hand off of them.
I could see blaming the zoo if the kid was standing with their parent leaning up against a barrier and it breaking and the kid falling in. That didn't happen but I did find this in one of the articles I read about this.
"Witnesses claim that they heard the child state that he wished to go into the enclosure and was actively trying to breach the barriers."
If that is the case, then the parent should be at fault here. Many of the enclosures at zoos are designed to keep the people separated from the animals and are not impenetrable prisons. I'm sure some ambulance chasing attorney (not bashing all attorneys) will have the parent suing the zoo over this. Regardless of who is at fault, the innocent gorilla is the one that paid the price for this unfortunate incident.
I could see blaming the zoo if the kid was standing with their parent leaning up against a barrier and it breaking and the kid falling in. That didn't happen but I did find this in one of the articles I read about this.
"Witnesses claim that they heard the child state that he wished to go into the enclosure and was actively trying to breach the barriers."
If that is the case, then the parent should be at fault here. Many of the enclosures at zoos are designed to keep the people separated from the animals and are not impenetrable prisons. I'm sure some ambulance chasing attorney (not bashing all attorneys) will have the parent suing the zoo over this. Regardless of who is at fault, the innocent gorilla is the one that paid the price for this unfortunate incident.
Still think its ridiculous that a zoo exhibit allowed a 4 year old to get into the enclosure after what I assume was less than a minute of trying. I've been to the columbus zoo countless times and dont recall ever seeing such easy access for a deadly animal.
Heard they tried to lasso the ape, but it didn't work quite right.
It looks like he is just trying to protect her...
Losing track of a kid for a moment happens, but not diving in after the little bugger is pretty inexcusable by the mom, imo.
http://womanista.com/2016/05/30/famed-animal-expert-jack-hanna-says-gorilla-would-have-killed-bo/
"I’ve seen him take a green coconut, which you can’t bust open with a sledgehammer and squish it like this," Hanna told "Good Morning America" about Harambe, gesturing with his hand the ease with which gorillas can crush fruit. "You’re dealing with either human life or animal life here. So what is the decision? I think it’s very simple to figure that out."
Sometimes very difficult decisions have to be made. IMO, they did the right thing.
"I’ve seen him take a green coconut, which you can’t bust open with a sledgehammer and squish it like this," Hanna told "Good Morning America" about Harambe, gesturing with his hand the ease with which gorillas can crush fruit. "You’re dealing with either human life or animal life here. So what is the decision? I think it’s very simple to figure that out."
Sometimes very difficult decisions have to be made. IMO, they did the right thing.
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