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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I bet the zoo has a policy that if a human enters a cage with a dangerous animal, the protocol is to shoot to kill the animal as a precaution. There probably isn't much time to decide whether or not the gorilla means harm to the human or not.
Sad story. Pretty incredible a 4 year old was able to sneak in. I sure hope more details come to light as to how he got in.
How old was the gorilla that died of natural causes at the Calgary zoo?
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Listen to the news this morning while I was getting ready for work and a Primatologist mentioned that all zoo's have that policy with all animals, because the sedation method takes 20 minutes and in that time the animal is stressed and confused and angry and defensive and will lash out.
this is a sad situation of a lot of different out of control factors. A mom looking after multiple kids, no surprise a kid that wants to get into the enclosure (And we all know that young kids will find their way into everything) a primate doing primate things.