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tblue37

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38. His parents had to be ignoring him and neglecting his well being for a pretty long time

Sun May 29, 2016, 01:48 AM

May 2016

for him to find a way into that enclosure. I think the zoo should sue the parents for having to kill one of their priceless and precious creatures.

And the zoo worker who had to kill the gorilla should sue them personally, for emotional trauma.

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Gorilla killed after 3-year-old falls into enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 OP

Keep a better eye on your children. 840high May 2016 #1

^^^THIS^^^ catchnrelease May 2016 #8

RIP Harambe: tblue37 May 2016 #40

No subject JustAnotherGen May 2016 #54

I agree. Where in the hell were the parents? In a zoo? Hold your damn kids hand you idiots. YOHABLO May 2016 #35

Good question Scarsdale May 2016 #45

At the very least elmac May 2016 #37

mommy and daddy must have been texting wordpix May 2016 #68

I agree... but in a split second MissMillie May 2016 #77

Humans do the wrong thing Worried senior May 2016 #2

Really. nt SusanCalvin May 2016 #3

Standing by with their lawyer on speed dial StarTrombone May 2016 #4

Post of the day. Very funny. virgogal May 2016 #5

Not funny at all red dog 1 May 2016 #7

Lighten up Alice StarTrombone May 2016 #30

But probably not to far off the mark. cstanleytech May 2016 #39

Good question! red dog 1 May 2016 #61

The Cincinnati Zoo needs to re-design the gorilla enclosure red dog 1 May 2016 #6

It's remarkable that this sort of misadventure is physically possible jberryhill May 2016 #9

I'm sure they will do just that, after they pay off the lawsuit. Ruby the Liberal May 2016 #15

His parents had to be ignoring him and neglecting his well being for a pretty long time tblue37 May 2016 #38

Probably diddling on their cell phones BuelahWitch May 2016 #43

I think you meant that the Zoo needs to re-design the PEOPLE encolosure. mackdaddy May 2016 #34

+1 MissMillie May 2016 #78

In that other incident jeff47 May 2016 #10

The gorillas' genders are probably the bigger factor in the difference Scootaloo May 2016 #28

I suggest the parents be neutered. Divernan May 2016 #11

Oh, c'mon librarylu May 2016 #33

That's what I'm thinking. crim son May 2016 #67

Here is one incident from 1986 csziggy May 2016 #12

"He had shown an astonishing sensitivity for human life" KansDem May 2016 #13

Yet another animal is killed because of stupid humans. avebury May 2016 #14

This is why wild animals Jake2413 May 2016 #16

Yes, Gorillas are doing so well in their natural habitat. EL34x4 May 2016 #22

+1 okieinpain May 2016 #26

Fucking tragic. blackspade May 2016 #17

It's an elaborate maze JesterCS May 2016 #18

Likely someone filmed at least some part of the ten minutes the gorilla was No Vested Interest May 2016 #19

When I talk to parents of toddlers about safety... 3catwoman3 May 2016 #27

Our toddler was mesmerized by the cars on the highway tavernier May 2016 #75

Two parties at fault here keithbvadu2 May 2016 #20

Grrrrr.....stories like this tick me off to no end. Coventina May 2016 #21

...!100++++ 840high May 2016 #25

Video and photo of the incident available at No Vested Interest May 2016 #23

Photo Liberal_in_LA May 2016 #47

I think they had to shoot him. The male Gorilla had the kid for about 10 minutes & was agitated. Sunlei May 2016 #24

not the vid I saw---big male gorilla was protecting child wordpix May 2016 #70

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

^^^+++ nt hopemountain May 2016 #31

Why did they have to kill him? Where were the parents while the kid was onecaliberal May 2016 #32

This poor Gorilla. The parents are responsible all the way around. glinda May 2016 #36

I bet the parents sue Liberal_in_LA May 2016 #48

Yes, the parents will sue and win rusty fender May 2016 #60

There is no way that gorrilla was a threat. Jnclr89 May 2016 #41

This could have gone either way catchnrelease May 2016 #42

Thank you for that explanation. hedgehog May 2016 #72

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You would never want to use a weak assault rifle, you want a powerful rifle, a hunting rifle. braddy May 2016 #52

Apparently Gorilla was protecting the child. glinda May 2016 #62

the video shows this is true - gorilla actually propped up child to get him out of water wordpix May 2016 #69

And gorillas are not normally violent species. LisaL May 2016 #71

Another example of some parents not paying attention to their kids Third Doctor May 2016 #46

I would sue the parents for failure to control sinkingfeeling May 2016 #49

I have been gorilla trekking and think the shooting was unnecessary. Glimmer of Hope May 2016 #50

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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

A magnificent animal, destroyed on account of poor parenting. Paladin May 2016 #55

The mother is 100% responsible for her child getting injured and the death of avebury May 2016 #57

Thank you. I feel the same. BuelahWitch May 2016 #58

My feelings exactly. LisaL May 2016 #59

A beautiful animal dies for a human's negligent parenting Blandocyte May 2016 #63

All of you folks.. sendero May 2016 #66

None of mine ended up in a zoo animal's sphere of influence Blandocyte May 2016 #83

Arrgh. The mother thanks "the Lord" for keeping her kid safe. mainer May 2016 #64

Just what I was going to post when I read that - right down to the 'arrgh'. muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #73

Interesting take in that article: the zookeepers THWARTED the will of God mainer May 2016 #74

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"I'll bet the Cincinnati Zoo has plans in place to handle these incidents." mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #79

Once the gorilla took the child, there was no way back jman0war May 2016 #80

The Cincinnatti Enquirer is covering all angles of this story mnhtnbb May 2016 #81

Good. Thanks for that link. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #82

Cincinnati gorilla killing: Police investigating parents of boy mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 #84

I'm not happy with the outcome either. hamsterjill Jun 2016 #85

When a toddler fell into a zoo enclosure 20 years ago, he was saved — by a gorilla mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 #86