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In reply to the discussion: Gorilla killed after 3-year-old falls into enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo [View all]No Vested Interest
(5,166 posts)23. Video and photo of the incident available at
http://wlwt.com/news
and
http://local12.com/news/local
On the video, you can hear "Mommy's right here!" "Mommy loves you." "Be calm!"
"He's got my baby!"
and
http://local12.com/news/local
On the video, you can hear "Mommy's right here!" "Mommy loves you." "Be calm!"
"He's got my baby!"
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Gorilla killed after 3-year-old falls into enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2016
OP
I agree. Where in the hell were the parents? In a zoo? Hold your damn kids hand you idiots.
YOHABLO
May 2016
#35
His parents had to be ignoring him and neglecting his well being for a pretty long time
tblue37
May 2016
#38
Likely someone filmed at least some part of the ten minutes the gorilla was
No Vested Interest
May 2016
#19
I think they had to shoot him. The male Gorilla had the kid for about 10 minutes & was agitated.
Sunlei
May 2016
#24
In this video it looks like the Gorilla is going to drown the boy if he doesn't rip his limbs off.
braddy
May 2016
#76
That animal's entire world was contained in that small area. That was everything it had, everything.
Judi Lynn
May 2016
#29
You would never want to use a weak assault rifle, you want a powerful rifle, a hunting rifle.
braddy
May 2016
#52
the video shows this is true - gorilla actually propped up child to get him out of water
wordpix
May 2016
#69
I saw first hand that you can calm a gorilla in a wild jungle. Surely a zoo keeper can calm
Glimmer of Hope
May 2016
#56
Almost no Western lowland gorillas left...and teeming billions of humans.
Lizzie Poppet
May 2016
#53
Just what I was going to post when I read that - right down to the 'arrgh'.
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#73
"I'll bet the Cincinnati Zoo has plans in place to handle these incidents."
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2016
#79
When a toddler fell into a zoo enclosure 20 years ago, he was saved — by a gorilla
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2016
#86