El D,

Actually you'd be wrong. Most Zoos have a program where they give that job to a returning military sniper. Now that the person isn't legally allowed to shoot babies and women, it helps to rehabilitate him by giving him an outlet by shooting the animals the zoo needs to have put down and gives him a paycheck and a feeling of self worth so that he can reintegrate with society again.

I agree with the first part. I don't auto-shoot a gorilla in that spot, but this time, unlike other times in the past when this has happened and gorillas have even very carefully brought a fallen child to the keepers, this gorilla was clearly and seriously threatening the kid.

On the second part, maybe. Sometimes though, **** does happen and this happens soooooooo rarely. Some 4 year olds can climb really well. I wouldn't auto-assume that a system which works 99.9999999% of the time needs redesigning. It's worth looking at for sure, like the tiger enclosure in SF Zoo where the tiger got out was really substandard, but not auto-change imo. I guess you did say "most" negligent, but I think it's possible that no one (I guess other than the kid) was unreasonably at fault. The parents obviously have responsibility here as the kid should have been watched. That doesn't mean they should be punished now though. Again, not every tragedy has to be a crime.

As for the last take, I think modern zoos are quite good with many animals and apes in particular. They are all threatened in the wild and are treated very well in most modern zoos. Zoos do suck for some animals like Elephants and Tigers though.

yea this is another perfect example of why we need to get rid of all guns in this country. especially the guns of the icky redneck people who live in rural areas, and are probably racist, and probably stupid, and probably hold all kinds of irrational prejudices.

Just another tragic daily textbook example of gun violence in this county (probz committed by a dirty ccw wielding gun nut) If we could have just passed a national gun ban, and made sure this was a gun-free zone, none of this would have ever happened. It really is 'just that easy' #commonsense

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This.

WateryBoil is beyond terrible. I'm sure the zoo people, especially the person who had to shoot the gorilla, are very upset.

a few weeks ago a little kid maybe 3 ran out from behind a car into the middle of the street and almost got hit by the car in front of me. her mom was on the corner playing on her phone and didnt even look up until she heard the car screeching. she said nothing to her daughter or even thanked the driver for paying attention and not killing her. just walked off like nothing happened.

Wait, what? Is that for real? Is Bloom County on again?

Ok, I know google exists. Holy crap it is!

The important question is: If Harambe had taken the child in as a pet and let it live with the gorillas, would it save the child or another gorilla if it had to?

oh wow, an idiotic non post from one of the dumbest posters on this forum? eyeroll

Watching CNN for about 15 mins and I estimate that they have played that video about once every 20 seconds.

Thanks for providing us with the long version of my post, but don't worry, everyone knew what I meant.

This. And lol at this opinion not being present for two pages. And lol at blaming the parents. In fact killing that gorilla was the only option the Zoo had from a liability standpoint.

The zoo is entirely responsible and the Gorilla absolutely had to be shot. I appreciate nature but at the end of the day we absolutely have to control it for our benefit. That's what humans do. It's astounding that anyone who has even been so much as swarmed by bees doesn't understand this.

I get your point and all, but swarmed by bees may not be as common of an experience as you think. At least this side of jellystone park.

I've been swarmed by bees. On a walk my dog went after their hive and they didn't appreciate it. It's crazy, but my dog loves to chase and eat bees. This was a little much though.

dumb humans are expendable. Gorillas are endangered. Save the gorillas!

Did you jump in a lake and breath through a reed?

My wife grew up in Vietnam. She would go honey hunting when she was a kid and got stung all over. I have been stung but never swarmed. Maybe I'm the exception.

Either way, kid in the gorilla pit....hell of thing, that. I guess now the news reports are bringing up the kid's father's past criminal record. You know, for racists.

Ahem...

So, what if there was another species on earth that was almost as intelligent as humans. What if they were tasked with the decision on how to handle a small human child being in potential danger at the hands of an endangered gorilla.

What factors would said other species take into consideration.

Sea World has been drawing the heat for awhile, and the zoos are next. And it can't come soon enough. History will not be kind to the treatment people inflict on animals. (For food and entertainment)

This is amazing.

It's the baby's fault. He needs to take full responsibility as well as a public apology, or else no kindergarten imo.

So just cause you don't have kids means you can't point out a bad parent or bad parenting?? I don't know how to fly a helicopter but if I saw one stuck in a tree I can assume that the pilot ****ed up.

Not sure where you are going but no one needs to have kids to know when someone is a bad parent. Bar parenting leads to bad behavior from kids.