Cincinnati Zoo Gorilla incident.

[flogger]

What a sad story, not sure if the parents need their asses kicked yet, bottom line is the kid is safe. Looking at the video clip and imagining 10 minutes of it, it could have taken a turn for the worst in an instant. I'm not sure 'who fired what' but it was the right decision IMOP.

I'm just wondering what a Zoo has at their disposal and who is shooting it. No doubt these guys are professional and given the choice would rather go non-lethal. It must have been pretty traumatic for
people in the area.

Sometimes a dart/tranquilizer gun isn't an option. By the way, this kid is going to have the best show and tell story ever!

[fportmen45]

That people are more up in arms about a fricken animal on Memorial Day (not a jab at you, flogger - just an observation of the news) rather than those we've lost in defense of our country speaks volumes about our country's current state.

[flogger]

Agreed.

[BPTactical]

That people are more up in arms about a fricken animal on Memorial Day (not a jab at you, flogger - just an observation of the news) rather than those we've lost in defense of our country speaks volumes about our country's current state.

#GorillaLivesMatter





Sad state of affairs we're in eh?

[fportmen45]

True that.

[ray1970]

I think there's hope for our country yet. I'm glad to see someone was willing to take out an endangered animal rather than let it kill that kid.

When the day comes that another kid falls in with a gorilla and they let it tear the kid apart rather than put the animal down, then we're doomed.

[fitz19d]

News broke before memorial day, it's just ongoing. CNN at least has a "breaking obama veterans blehhhh" and the gorilla just one of the side stories.

It's sucky because it's one of a very endangered/limited number left. This isn't the 80's. Zoo's generally have much better walls than they used to. A few witnesses talk about how it would have taken some effort to actually crawl under/thru the fence and through the thick shrubs to get to the edge. Then how retarded are these children to then fall off a long edge. Are these children also not safe in their beds, bridges, or anything else higher than a curb?

Shitty fucking parents. And for those saying but saved da baby.... what happens to the other 90% of the time ya'll either saying survival of the fittest let more dumb people die or the shoot anyone who shoots my dog crowd.

As far as 10 minutes, they said the gorilla was initially almost protective seeming, and that's whats sad even when folk thought it was getting riled, it may have still been in it's mind keeping the kid away from the females or whatever.

[ray1970]

Spoken like someone who hasn't had a kid yet, fitz.

Not that I'm going to disagree with everything you stated, but you really can't blame the kid. Once they are seven or eight years old, maybe. But that young and you have to blame the parents. (Which you did)

Natural selection is awesome for stupid people. Kids that age might seem stupid but you can't really blame them. Their brains aren't very developed at that age and they have no life experience to know any better.

Definitely cool to blame the parents though.

In fact, if I owned the zoo I would probably be filing a civil suit for whatever the value is on one of those gorillas.

[thebolt]

When the dust settles:

The family will retain an attorney and receive a sizable settlement from the zoo. Their counsel will show "this was not their fault" and the zoo will pay them dearly, in addition to losing the gorilla.

Talk shows, movie rights..........the child and family will do very,very well.

[hurley842002]

Spoken like someone who hasn't had a kid yet, fitz.

Not that I'm going to disagree with everything you stated, but you really can't blame the kid. Once they are seven or eight years old, maybe. But that young and you have to blame the parents. (Which you did)

Natural selection is awesome for stupid people. Kids that age might seem stupid but you can't really blame them. Their brains aren't very developed at that age and they have no life experience to know any better.

Definitely cool to blame the parents though.

In fact, if I owned the zoo I would probably be filing a civil suit for whatever the value is on one of those gorillas.

Mirrors my opinion on the subject. With that out of the way, what caliber was used, that's what I want to be carrying....