Cincinnati Zoo Gorilla incident.

[TheGrey]

Definitely a tragedy, all around.

[Tim K]

The Zoo is in the business of displaying dangerous animals for the public to view. They do it on purpose. It's not like the kid snuck on some private game reserve, it's a facility designed expressly to allow people to safely observe the animals. I'm guessing they charge for the opportunity. It's reasonable to expect that some of the visitors will be energetic and excited children. Apparently, their safety precautions were inadequate, but it's their responsibility to make sure the kids are safe. As any parent of an energetic child can attest, they can get away from you in a mere instant. I'm not saying the parents weren't neglectful, maybe they were.

I'm pretty sure the zoo shares some of the responsibility. When I go to Cheyanne Mountain Zoo with my I-have-no-fear three year old, I expect that he should be able to do his damndest to pet the lions and under no circumstances be able to actually get it done.

[Zundfolge]

The Zoo is in the business of displaying dangerous animals for the public to view. They do it on purpose. It's not like the kid snuck on some private game reserve, it's a facility designed expressly to allow people to safely observe the animals. I'm guessing they charge for the opportunity. It's reasonable to expect that some of the visitors will be energetic and excited children. Apparently, their safety precautions were inadequate, but it's their responsibility to make sure the kids are safe. As any parent of an energetic child can attest, they can get away from you in a mere instant. I'm not saying the parents weren't neglectful, maybe they were.

I'm pretty sure the zoo shares some of the responsibility. When I go to Cheyanne Mountain Zoo with my I-have-no-fear three year old, I expect that he should be able to do his damndest to pet the lions and under no circumstances be able to actually get it done.

True, but keep in mind that this particular gorilla enclosure is over 40 years old. It's worked just fine for four decades, so clearly it's not outright negligence.

A couple of fundamental flaws in our society is these ideas that every time something bad happens that:
1) Someone just won the lottery, and
2) Someone must be punished.

Sometimes "shit happens", and the acceptance that "shit happens" is the sign of a healthy and moral people.

On a side note another one of the signs of the coming collapse of our society is the way some SJWs have responded to the shooting.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016...t-one-problem/

[Batteriesnare]

Zoos do tend to keep firepower on hand. When I worked for a local range, we often had teams (we called them Zoo Swat) from Denver Zoo come out and do rifle and shotgun practice. I believe the rifle they had most frequently was a 700 in .243 with iron sights, and a 12 gauge. They were out semi frequently, and a few of them were reasonably competent marksmen.

[flogger]

Zoos do tend to keep firepower on hand. When I worked for a local range, we often had teams (we called them Zoo Swat) from Denver Zoo come out and do rifle and shotgun practice. I believe the rifle they had most frequently was a 700 in .243 with iron sights, and a 12 gauge. They were out semi frequently, and a few of them were reasonably competent marksmen.

That's what I really wanted to know about. Thanks for the reply Batt!

I'm thinking any kind of live wildlife exhibit operation, like a public zoo, has a plan, arms and trained personnel. It's probably a liability issue.

Sad thing for a lot of kids to witness, the silverback lost the most.

Bad situation all around,...except for the lawyers.

[RblDiver]

I'm reserving judgment until more facts are revealed. From what I've been hearing, perhaps the parents are to blame, but even I without kids know that a parent can't watch their kid 24/7. It sounds like they were caring for a number of kids (not all their own), and it just takes one other kid whining or crying to distract the parent long enough for another to get in trouble.

Regardless, I too think shooting the gorilla was the right move. Had the crowd not been there making a commotion, perhaps it would be different and wouldn't have been quite as agitated, but it sounded like a bad situation. I saw a brief clip of the gorilla pulling the kid through the moat fairly roughly. Perhaps it was thinking it was helping, but it was being very rough. It's a better situation to have a dead gorilla and a live child than a dead gorilla and a dead child (if the kid had been killed, no doubt the gorilla would have been put down too).

[spqrzilla]

From the attacks on the parents, there must be far more perfect parents in the world than I've been led to believe.

[BPTactical]

I dunno, I think the kid just read Dr Suess's "Are You My Mommy" and got confused..............*































* Yes, I'm going to hell

[Firehaus]

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[BPTactical]

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