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Gorilla Shot Dead At Cincinnati Zoo After Child Falls Into Enclosure
Gorilla Shot Dead At Cincinnati Zoo After Child Falls Into Enclosure
EddieSteadyGo said:
+1
Once the child was in the enclosure and the gorilla started dragging the child through the water like a rag doll, they didn't have many alternatives unfortunately.
Indeed. Reading a lot of the comments online about this is odd. Ignoring who's fault it is in the first place, I'm not sure if the general public know how strong apes are, let alone something like a gorilla. You've got a toddler being held by an animal that could literally rip it apart, who's to say how it would immediately react after being hit with a tranquillizer? Once the child was in the enclosure and the gorilla started dragging the child through the water like a rag doll, they didn't have many alternatives unfortunately.
EddieSteadyGo said:
+1
Once the child was in the enclosure and the gorilla started dragging the child through the water like a rag doll, they didn't have many alternatives unfortunately.
The footage shown on TV just showed the Gorilla stood over the kid once he had dragged him. I'm not saying they had any real alternative, but remember the similar case in Jersey when the Gorilla actually protected the kid from the others for quite some time.Once the child was in the enclosure and the gorilla started dragging the child through the water like a rag doll, they didn't have many alternatives unfortunately.
Crush said:
Eric Mc said:
Maybe they should have shot the kid?
Would receive less outrage on social media. I have an image in my head of the gorilla proudly kneeling over the carcass of the child, shotgun in the one hand and cigar in the other It would be known as "The Great Cincinnati Zoo Gorilla Massacre".
In a slightly less silly vein, when Jersey Zoo had a similar incident over 30 years ago, the outcome was much less disturbing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-CMxMv34_A
This Zoo should not be in charge of these animals period. The shoot to kill policy should not be implemented. Tranquilizers are there for a reason, plus the fact that safety leaves a lot to be desired if a toddler could sneak in the encloser. Sad day for the animals, and heads should roll after this incident.
Eric Mc said:
Crush said:
Eric Mc said:
Maybe they should have shot the kid?
Would receive less outrage on social media. I have an image in my head of the gorilla proudly kneeling over the carcass of the child, shotgun in the one hand and cigar in the other It would be known as "The Great Cincinnati Zoo Gorilla Massacre".
In a slightly less silly vein, when Jersey Zoo had a similar incident over 30 years ago, the outcome was much less disturbing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-CMxMv34_A
allnighter said:
This Zoo should not be in charge of these animals period. The shoot to kill policy should not be implemented. Tranquilizers are there for a reason, plus the fact that safety leaves a lot to be desired if a toddler could sneak in the encloser. Sad day for the animals, and heads should roll after this incident.
I don't think a tranquiliser is the answer, they instantly take out the animal and it would just agitate it for a while.The kid climbed over a barrier and fell about 12 feet into the enclosure, shame this magnificent animal had to die. Apparently there were two other Gorillas in the enclosure but both of them were smart enough to stay away from the kid.
allnighter said:
This Zoo should not be in charge of these animals period. The shoot to kill policy should not be implemented. Tranquilizers are there for a reason, plus the fact that safety leaves a lot to be desired if a toddler could sneak in the encloser. Sad day for the animals, and heads should roll after this incident.
A week or so ago a man in Chile jumped into a lion enclosure at a zoo, stripped naked and then goaded the lions to attack him (he wanted to kill himself) - the staff there tried to hit the lions with a tranquilizer dart but ended up hitting the man with it. They then shot 2 lions dead.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/22/two-z...
Willy Nilly said:
Would he have ultimately harmed the child? It wouldn't see it as a threat, more of a prize, so why would he do it harm?
We will never know, but the expert opinion I've heard suggests that if the kid stayed relatively still it's unlikely the Gorilla would have done anything. The issue is getting the kid out, tranqs aren't instant and could have escalated the situation.ukaskew said:
EddieSteadyGo said:
+1
Once the child was in the enclosure and the gorilla started dragging the child through the water like a rag doll, they didn't have many alternatives unfortunately.
The footage shown on TV just showed the Gorilla stood over the kid once he had dragged him. I'm not saying they had any real alternative, but remember the similar case in Jersey when the Gorilla actually protected the kid from the others for quite some time.Once the child was in the enclosure and the gorilla started dragging the child through the water like a rag doll, they didn't have many alternatives unfortunately.
The one I clicked on had it in, and it wasn't nice.
I'm not saying the gorilla was attacking the child, but it wasn't just standing over him or nursing him as happened in the UK incident.
As a previous poster mentioned, the issue is with the zoo management for what appears to be poor safety barriers and the parents.
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