Dead Gorilla

Nithavela · May 30, 2016

FreeSpirit74 said:
Like I said, my brother's dignity was NOT harmed by being restrained. 18th in his graduating class, Eagle Scout, accepted to two of the most prestigious colleges in the country, union steward, and holds a managerial position in the career of his choice, a choice that was made when he was 16. And his oldest son seems to be following pretty close in his footsteps.

So much for tainted dignity.

What are you even arguing about? I only stated the majority views of the german population, I wasn't saying anything about your brother.

Deidre32 · May 30, 2016

The gorilla didn't deserve to die, I saw the video footage, and the gorilla seemed to be looking after the child. I could see if the gorilla escaped and was attacking the customers at the zoo, but this is such a sad case. We capture animals for profit, and then turn on them when they are not doing anything wrong? The parents while not malicious, should feel culpable for this gorilla dying because they were not tending to their own child, and let him wander off. The child isn't to blame at all, nor the gorilla. This make me so sad.

Deidre32 · May 30, 2016

Judahs_Lion said:
The parents were inattentive to a young curious child in a dangerous place. The child's injuries are solely on them.
I feel for the child having to suffer that.
I feel for the gorilla in that lowland silver back gorillas are endangered. And this one did not have to die. He wasn't going to hurt this boy. He was protecting this child as he would one of his own. The screaming people caused the gorilla to go into protective mode. He covered the boy and stood there looking at the crowd of screamers.

He wasn't able to discern they were screaming in fear of the child. In his world even in captivity screaming passionate emotions that gorillas can sense on a wholly different level than humans means threat. He was protecting the child not risking his life.

Now this boy will have to live with the horrific emotional scars afforded from his fall and injuries. As well as hearing the gunshots , the buckling shock of the bullet impacts upon the body of the gorilla who was protecting him. The smell of cordite, hot blood, the sounds of the gorilla taking the bullets and then dying.

Because humans in this case were at fault all the way around.

A tranquilizer would have saved the boy and the gorilla. The decision to kill this gorilla was irresponsible.

Excellent post, totally agree!!

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN · May 30, 2016

Judahs_Lion said:
Now this boy will have to live with the horrific emotional scars afforded from his fall and injuries. As well as hearing the gunshots , the buckling shock of the bullet impacts upon the body of the gorilla who was protecting him. The smell of cordite, hot blood, the sounds of the gorilla taking the bullets and then dying.

Or the boy will only remember playing with a gorilla and falling a sleep. I'm sure the family will do what they can to help the boy.

Landon Caeli · May 30, 2016

Deidre32 said:
Excellent post, totally agree!!

No, it was the zoo who had neglected their responsibilities in safeguarding their customers. The zoo is solely to blame, not the parents at all.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN · May 30, 2016

ChristsSoldier115 said:
Whats wrong with that?

As funny as that looks. Everyone seems very content. I know little one year olds kids don't like to be contained.

Landon Caeli · May 30, 2016

If a zoo cannot construct an exhibit that prevents small children from coming into contact with dangerous animals, then the zoo should be punished.

Ave Maria · May 30, 2016

I believe that they did the right thing by shooting the gorilla. The child's life was and is far more important than that of an animal. Humans are created in the image of God while animals are not. Don't get me wrong, it's sad that they had to kill the gorilla but if it was necessary to save the child's life, and I understand that it was, then it was justified regardless of whether or not the gorilla's species is endangered.

Tree of Life · May 30, 2016

Is it important to establish blame in a case like this?

He is Risen 72 · May 30, 2016

Endure2TheEnd said:
The life of a human child is more valuable than an infinite amount of gorillas lives. We have to take necessary action.

Unless the human child is playing with a toy gun in Ohio…

He is Risen 72 · May 30, 2016

GoldenBoy89 said:
Maybe next time a four year old ends up in the clutches of a gorilla, we can just wait it out and see what happens. Tell the patents to just stand back and watch.

Isn’t that what the parents were doing? Well, they obviously weren’t watching their child, but they were watching something important.

He is Risen 72 · May 30, 2016

Landon Caeli said:
No, it was the zoo who had neglected their responsibilities in safeguarding their customers. The zoo is solely to blame, not the parents at all.

Yepers, just like McDonalds coffee. Time to make some MONEY!!!!!!!

Tiny Bible · May 30, 2016

That poor gorilla.

God rest the soul. The parents are pathetic.

GoldenBoy89 · May 30, 2016

He is Risen 72 said:
Isn’t that what the parents were doing? Well, they obviously weren’t watching their child, but they were watching something important.

Clearly whatever it was, was more important than noticing their kid was going into a gorilla cage.

Honestly, with the concern anyone should have for predators at a place like the zoo, how does any kid leave your sight long enough to make his way into an animal exhibit?

AvilaSurfer · May 30, 2016

Tree of Life said:
Is it important to establish blame in a case like this?

Yes

Tiny Bible · May 30, 2016

Landon Caeli said:
No, it was the zoo who had neglected their responsibilities in safeguarding their customers. The zoo is solely to blame, not the parents at all.

The parents weren't watching their child. The boy isn't the son of the zoo he's the son of parents who had something other to do than watch their boy when he was near a gorilla enclosure. And now a gorilla who was actually looking after the boy who became injured due to parental neglect is dead.

Deidre32 · May 30, 2016

Tree of Life said:
Is it important to establish blame in a case like this?

The zoo is to blame, and the parents to a lesser degree. A gorilla is dead, a kid is badly injured. If we just shrug that off as another day at the zoo, then it will be destined to repeat itself. I don't like zoos really, because I don't believe in encasing and imprisoning wild animals for profit.

St_Worm2 · May 30, 2016

The mom, Michelle Gregg, has apparently posted something about the event in her own defense on her Facebook page. Apparently she said something along the lines of, "accidents happen".

This happened at the Cincinnati Zoo. I've been there, and there are a number of other habitats that are similar, for bears and cats.

That 4 yr old must have been one heck of a climber and scrambler because if memory serves, there were at least three very difficult to cross barriers that he would had to get over to end up down in the water. In fact, I am hard-pressed to believe that a 4 yr old could have crossed those barriers w/o an adult to help, but apparently I am wrong. I was there with my son when he was that age and the way the habitat was constructed seemed safe to me (especially for a 4 yr old).

The Cincinnati Zoo has glass enclosures in some of their habitats. They're probably going to need to change to that kind of habitat for all of their exhibits in the future, because this needs to never happen again.

Tree of Life · May 30, 2016

AvilaSurfer said:
Yes

Why?

smaneck · May 30, 2016

Nithavela said:
The Zoo is to blame, neither the gorilla (who is just an animal following it's instincts) nor the parents, who certainly didn't intend this to happen. And what are they supposed to do, keep their child on a leash? It only takes seconds for a child to slip through some bars.

FHA won't insure a house with a deck that has railings so far apart a toddler could slip through. For a zoo to have railings like that around a gorilla enclosure makes no sense at all. What happened to the gorilla is sad, it may have actually been trying to help the child, but I don't think they could take that chance. As for whether a gorillas should be kept in zoos, it's not ideal, but it may be the only way of preserving the species.

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