Kid falls in gorilla pit- gorilla is shot to death

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deskpro2k3 said:
the parents should pay for causing the death of the innocent animal.

Why? The zoo should pay for not having a 4-year old proof enclosure. If the enclosure was 100% secure then this problem would never have arisen. it's not like this is the only time a kid has got into an enclosure, so clearly to me the problem rests with zoos creating a safe and secure environment for the viewing public.

Piers Morgan had the right attitude by saying that it was sad that such a rare animal had to die because a zoo couldn't make a properly secure enclosure.

How many parents lose their kids in shopping malls and other places? A zoo, as a place that tries to attract families, should be a no more dangerous place to lose a child than a shopping mall. Though losing a child in any public place is dangerous because there are much worse predators than wild or imprisoned animals hanging around human society.

I can't stand the judgmentalism of the people against this boys parent(s). Kids run off all the time and you don't have child welfare services investigating every instance of a child buggering off and getting into trouble whenever a parent turns their back for a few seconds.

The people passing judgement have either never been a parent or have been lucky enough to have compliant kids who never got into any trouble. There are parents who actually kill and maim their kids because they are violent horrible people who should never be allowed to be in charge of any child. That's who child welfare services should be focussing on, not a woman who took her kid(s) for a nice day at the zoo which turned into a regrettable tragedy.

It does appear from the video I saw that had the gorilla not gotten agitated fro the crowd yelling and making a fuss then the kid probably would have been fine, and the gorilla seemed to view the kid as like a baby gorilla and was not worried, threatening or violent towards the kid. But at the end of the day the zoo had to get the kid safely out of the enclosure, and the only way to do that for certain would be to fatally headshot the gorilla. If they'd tried to tranq the gorilla it may have caused agitation and thrashing and harm to the kid. If they tried to shoot to wound and incapacitate it might not have had the desired effect if it was slightly off the mark and to gorilla would have become enraged. If they'd tried to send in a zookeeper the gorilla may have seen that as a threatening situation and become aggressive. Unfortunately in this situation I agree with the decision of the zoo to shoot to kill.