I wouldn't id blame myself and my child for being stupid. natural selection taking its course. 

In the picture it looks like it was protecting the kid.. Probably thought it was it's new child... Also.. Isn't there just fast effect tranq's?

Thats my view on the whole thing, as much as yes it is sad that a Gorillla died, we have a lot of more pressing issues. Like that mass shooting in Houston, or are we just numb to actual issues now, and focus on things that are lesser. 

By your logic, literally everything should be significantly altered to ensure a 4 year old can't get hurt. Speaking of pools, better make sure no recreational pools over 1 foot deep exist in our country. After all, the kid could drown in it. Too bad you can't use the "their parents should be preventing that" argument being that you just debunked it saying it wouldn't be their fault this happened. The list can really go on and on. Stupid parenting and an idiot of a kid can cause extreme situations to occur. Significant costs do NOT need to be incurred to prevent these incidents, because the reality is, they (the business) are already doing a well enough job to prevent it in all but an extremely rare occasion. I really suggest you read a book called 'The Giver'. They try to create a Utopia by essentially taking all pain away from people, but it isn't nearly as great as it is made out to be. When we continue saying businesses are blamed for essentially everything, and that we need more and more and more safety precautions, we really do encourage stupidity, because you'll never be at fault for it.

I would argue they are just as safe.

Malls have:

1. Child predators walkig around

2. People with guns

3. People running whilst shop lifting

4. Old people in automated carts speeding.

5. Open areas on higher levels in the mall, where kids could climb and fall from.

6. Fast food prepared by minimum wage workers who have poor hygiene ad spit in our food. 

Wow

People are really pissed over this gorilla from a endangered species.

Why is the species endangered in the first place?

I think she should be forced to do commuity service.

Perhaps she can live in the pit for a year as I can't tell the difference between the dead Gorilla and her.  Guessing the mother is the one hugging the child?

PS: Perhaps God made her look like a Gorilla so that when the day come to save her child she was meant to go in the pit to go and pickup the child.  Sadly, God was too busy to give her a brain for that.

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Should have shot tranquilised or tapered the ape, we have plenty of kids gorilla's are quite rare.

It's sad that a Gorilla had to be killed because the irresponsibility of a mother but that's the zoo's protocol for you. If you people are so adamant about this kind of stuff and want to protect the rights of animals stop walking into the zoo's, join greenpeace and share your thoughts in animal activists forums.

Btw failing is part of human nature so instead of making assumptions about the mother you should accept the fact that this could have been a mistake from her part. If she has to be sued, then so be it but stop saying stuff like: "she probably is one of those mothers..." etc. It's stupid.

Because we cut down our rainforests and like to shoot them. Some people on the other hand like me don't like animal abusement.