They killed the ape up in Cincy.....

[Hank Camacho]

Anyone who argues that the zoo shouldn't have shot the gorilla is an idiot. What is the zookeeper going to do, walk up to a 450 pound primate and start hostage negotiations?

All it would have taken was a split second for the gorilla to do something (and not even anything intentional) to kill the kid. With that pack of ninnies squalling on the overlook, I'd be pretty spooked if I was the gorilla too.

That said, the gorilla appeared to be trying to protect the kid and if mama had immediately gone in after her kid then who knows, maybe the gorilla would have handed the kid over.

Sucks that an animal had to die for human idiocy, but the zoo did the right thing.

 

[Hank Camacho]

Also, the idiot who kept filming the incident with a cellphone rather than calling touching 911 should be deported and never allowed to return.

 

[Anon1712931820]

Anyone who argues that the zoo shouldn't have shot the gorilla is an idiot. What is the zookeeper going to do, walk up to a 450 pound primate and start hostage negotiations?

All it would have taken was a split second for the gorilla to do something (and not even anything intentional) to kill the kid. With that pack of ninnies squalling on the overlook, I'd be pretty spooked if I was the gorilla too.

That said, the gorilla appeared to be trying to protect the kid and if mama had immediately gone in after her kid then who knows, maybe the gorilla would have handed the kid over.

Sucks that an animal had to die for human idiocy, but the zoo did the right thing.

I don't know what your definition of protecting a child is but dragging it and tossing it like a rag doll and sitting on it is not going to win any parenting awards lol.

 

[3rex]

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.

Yes...and it's not even a question

 

[mashburned]

Yes...and it's not even a question

Yep.

What's the current toddler population?

Ape population?

It's fn sick what humans will do to make $$$$.

 

[funKYcat75]

Baby, if you've ever wondered.
Wondered, about zoology.
They're killing all the apes in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, gorilla fatality.

I'll show myself out.

 

[VT/UK Rondo]

On a positive note, when he gets grown, that kid is going to "one up" everybody he talks to when it comes to telling life stories.

"when I was 4 I got a new puppy"
"when I was 4 I got my first bike"
"Thats nothing, when i was 4 I fell in the Gorilla pit at the zoo and got ragged dolled by a silverback ape for 10 minutes before they blew its brain matter all over me."

 

[We-Todd-Did]

They had just hired a new head of security. Shame.

 

[ukalumni00]

I really hate seeing an animal like this get killed in what is supposed to be its safe spot, but the zoo had no choice in this situation. The biggest take away for me is how in the heck does the zoo not have better safeguards to keep anyone from getting into an animal's exhibit to begin with? You are telling me a little kid can find access into an exhibit like this? Guarantee some POS attorney has already contacted the family and they will sue the zoo for not having a better barrier in place to keep their kid out. Pays to not watch you kids better.

 

[PuffyNips]

The exhibit has been open since 1978 and nobody else has ever gone in. It's not like it was a glaring problem just waiting to happen.

I was there just yesterday (gorilla exhibit is still closed) and there were actually dozens of people outside protesting the gorilla's death.

The social media outrage is a complete joke, too. Just like the OP of this thread.

They 100% did the right thing by shooting the beast before it slammed Junior's head into the wall.

 

[LordEgg_rivals16573]

if the gorilla had just stayed home in the mist instead of insisting on coming to America, none of this would have happened.

 

[PuffyNips]

if the gorilla had just stayed home in the mist instead of insisting on coming to America, none of this would have happened.

Ha! A lot of the PETA types actually have been yelling about how they should have never taken this poor gorilla out of Africa.

Umm, this gorilla was born at a zoo in Texas.

If it wasn't for the efforts of zoos this species would likely already be extinct.

Unfortunate incident, but let's try to keep a little reality here.

 

[LordEgg_rivals16573]

OK, then maybe his parents shouldn't have come over and made him an anchor baby.

 

[WSU/UKfan]

The exhibit has been open since 1978 and nobody else has ever gone in. It's not like it was a glaring problem just waiting to happen.

I was there just yesterday (gorilla exhibit is still closed) and there were actually dozens of people outside protesting the gorilla's death.

The social media outrage is a complete joke, too. Just like the OP of this thread.

They 100% did the right thing by shooting the beast before it slammed Junior's head into the wall.

It doesn't matter how long they had this easy access without anyone going in. The fact that a 4 year old could do it is proof enough for me that this was a glaring problem just waiting to happen. Accidents happen so I'm not saying anyone, the zoo or the parent, should face consequences. However, the zoo does need to make it harder for this to happen again. I read on CNN that one of the zoo keepers did acknowledge that it was easy to get to the gorillas with the barriers that they had. That needs to change.

 

[wildcatsboston1984_rivals]

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.

This is why the kids need to be on a leash if she can't keep track of them.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Anyone who argues that the zoo shouldn't have shot the gorilla is an idiot. What is the zookeeper going to do, walk up to a 450 pound primate and start hostage negotiations?

.

Someone at work said just that to me yesterday. She said "Why didn't one of the zookeepers just go in there and talk to the gorilla?"

Because the zookeepers don't want to die?

 

[Hank Camacho]

Or because gorillas might understand, at best, 100 words in English under the absolute best circumstances and certainly can't be conversed with?

People are dumb.

 

[Bill Cosby]

 

[_Chase_]

It's just an animal, their lives are pretty meaningless anyway. Not sure what all the fuss is about.

Just grow another one at the gorilla farm.

 

[JBHolmesfan]

It doesn't matter how long they had this easy access without anyone going in. The fact that a 4 year old could do it is proof enough for me that this was a glaring problem just waiting to happen. Accidents happen so I'm not saying anyone, the zoo or the parent, should face consequences. However, the zoo does need to make it harder for this to happen again. I read on CNN that one of the zoo keepers did acknowledge that it was easy to get to the gorillas with the barriers that they had. That needs to change.

Fair point, but at the same time if it had never happened in the exhibit's 38 year history, it wasn't something that was just waiting to happen. How many people do you think have been to that exhibit since 1978? A million maybe? So we're talking 1 in a million people will go into the gorilla exhibit. 1 in probably hundreds of thousands of kids his age. Statistically speaking that doesn't indicate it is a problem the zoo created.

I get what you're saying and the zoo probably should have had a barrier that was a little better, but I don't think this is a situation where you blame the zoo. I don't think the zoo should be sued for this, but I'm sure the parents are going to file a lawsuit anyways.

 

[BernieSadori]

They should eat it. May be pretty darn tasty.

 

[Mojocat_rivals48469]

Not surprisingly, the Internet has provided another reason to overreact without any facts.

yep. as of sometime yesterday, an e-petition to hold the parents "accountable" had well over a hundred thousand signatures. My guess is the vast majority didn't know any more than "kid fell into pit, they shot the poor gorilla." It's just like Gordon Gekko told us, funny thing about WASPS - they love animals, hate people.

And the kid supposedly tried several times to get in there....

What is that based on?

 

[mashburned]

Breaking: no violations found at zoo.

 

[mashburned]

It's uncanny, and a great reflection of internet parenting.

Kid jumps in damn gorilla enclosure.

NOT MY FAULT!!!

And I'm sure she privately feels 1000% responsible and very, very awful because she's a Mom.

The internet is fn dumb as ****, though.

 

[domino79]

Gorillas going to pay for the wall, too, or nah?

 

[HossCat73_rivals]

They blew up the Chickenman in Philly last night..,

Yeah, but Salvy got the last laugh...just wonder if the other apes will go the mattresses now.

 

[DSmith21]

 

[Violent Cuts]

The Cincinnati zoo gets 1.8 million visitors a year, so probably close to 20-30 million people have visited that exhibit.

If someone wanted to, they could get in most of these areas. You can't completely idiot/child-proof them or no one would visit. Part of the appeal is the view/proximity to animals like that.

 

[GrandePdre]

The mother only made it worse going on Facebook and posting about it. Brilliant move.

Good job outing yourself so that everyone knows exactly who you are and that you run a daycare?!?!?! [laughing]

 

[UKserialkiller]

Good job outing yourself so that everyone knows exactly who you are and that you run a daycare?!?!?! [laughing]

 

[bthaunert]

Fair point, but at the same time if it had never happened in the exhibit's 38 year history, it wasn't something that was just waiting to happen. How many people do you think have been to that exhibit since 1978? A million maybe? So we're talking 1 in a million people will go into the gorilla exhibit. 1 in probably hundreds of thousands of kids his age. Statistically speaking that doesn't indicate it is a problem the zoo created.

I get what you're saying and the zoo probably should have had a barrier that was a little better, but I don't think this is a situation where you blame the zoo. I don't think the zoo should be sued for this, but I'm sure the parents are going to file a lawsuit anyways.

Probably closer to 30+ million have visited that exhibit. As you said, 1 out of 30+ million does not indicate a problem.

 

[_Chase_]

This must be Obamer's fault somehow, no?

 

[MacCard]

How many people do you think have been to that exhibit since 1978? A million maybe?

I know it doesn't change your point, but man that's an awful guess.

 

[DSmith21]

Here is an article on the parents. The father sounds like a real loser.

"Seen here for the first time is mother Michelle Gregg, 32, who has four children by father Deonne Dickerson, 36, a man who, Daily Mail Online can disclose, has a lengthy criminal history. Criminal filings against Dickerson stretch over a decade and include burglary, firearms offences, drug trafficking, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and kidnap."....


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-emerges-father-lengthy-criminal-history.html

 

[DaBossIsBack]

Well someone beat me to a Trump wall joke. So eff this thread.

 

[cricket3]

[eyeroll][eyeroll][eyeroll]

Losers

 

[Deeeefense]

They should have given the mother a repelling rope and told her is she wanted her kid back, go down and get him.

 

[_Chase_]

If it was my kid that fell in, I wouldn't hesitate to kill every gorilla in existence if that's what had to be done to get her back safely. And I'd personally tell every protestor to suck my white ***. Probably even call a press conference to tell them to EAD, DIAF, and that I wouldn't have hesitated to shoot them either if they had stood in the way.

It's a damn shame he had to die, but people need to grow the f*ck up. It's a damn caged animal.

 

[jockstrap_mcgee]

If it was my kid that fell in, I wouldn't hesitate to kill every gorilla in existence if that's what had to be done to get her back safely. And I'd personally tell every protestor to suck my white ***. Probably even call a press conference to tell them to EAD, DIAF, and that I wouldn't have hesitated to shoot them either if they had stood in the way.

It's a damn shame he had to die, but people need to grow the f*ck up. It's a damn caged animal.

It's sad and all the gorilla had to die, but this is the correct answer. If it was my kid and he was in danger like that, I'm 99% certain I could and would kill any wild animal with my bare hands. Except for maybe, maaaaaybe a Komodo dragon. As far as I know those things are immortal and kill everything they touch.

 

[LordEgg_rivals16573]

i love the women that show up and cry at this ****.