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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
I actually blame the zoo. Short of a malfunction of some kind, there should be literally 0 ways a four year old can enter an enclosure. Once in forty years is still once.
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THIS.
NO ONE should be taking any blame here besides the zoo.
Kids run away from parents all of the time. Everyone is on their high horse here blaming the mother but how the #### did a kid manage to get in there in the first place!? ITS A ZOO. It caters almost exclusively to families with young kids. Every single enclosure should be designed in manner that makes it impossible for kids to get in. Obviously.
This is a massive failure on the part of the zoo and they're responsible for the death of the gorilla. Not the little kid, not the mom, not the gorilla. Just the zoo.
Everyone who is saying they should have tranquilized the gorilla is also an idiot. You do not risk the life of a human for an animal. Ever. Pretty much basic evolution to keep your own species safe.
Ridiculous reactions. Animals getting hurt make people go absolutely moronic. This is what we get for personifying animals. Dog owners who call themselves "parents", people willing to risk the life of a toddler for a gorilla, people chastising parents for being normal human beings and not literally using a leash on their kids.
The only names we should give animals is their species and a number. Polak's Dog #1, Cincinnati Gorilla #2, Etc... Even better, go all Pokemon and call them all the same thing. Make them battle each other and lets collect them in little digital balls.
Solve this stupid crap once and for all.