People are saying parents should be charged.

 

No. I would not ask them to pay. Zoo is culpable as well.

 

Do I want her to be charged? As I believe that stated, not yet but a good possibility after an investigation. Changed for them killing the gorilla? NO! As I don't see how that could ever happen but the death "might" be because of her action, or her neglect.

 

Charge her with some type of neglect or child endangerment? This is possible and what they really need to look into. Yes, many people are angry now, I'm disappointed in the outcome, but child protective services and others need to take a long and hard look at this situation like they should all other incidences involving possible neglect or endangerment.

 

I am sick of people who are bad parents or neglectful parents, or what have you, who do not do their job and a child suffers because of it. Such as people who leave their young kids in a hot car which results in the child suffering severe injuries, death, or even minor health issues as a result. But when it comes time to charge one of these parents even for a death of a child who was left in a hot car most people want to feel sorry for the parent and claim that it was a mistake and that the parent suffered enough and we shouldn't add punishment for them on top of it. To this I say it's garbage, yes the parent most likely is suffering, but their neglect or whatever caused the child an extremely painful death, as well as the death itself. To me, these are no accidents.

 

But I say again, it needs to be investigated, I think that most people are looking at this as one may look at a situation of a child left in a car. BUT, they need to look long and hard at what happened, and seriously look at if there was some type of neglect or endangerment. They need to talk to all of the witnesses first. We all know that there are people out there who are aweful parents and we feel sorry for those kids, is this one of those situations? We don't know anything about her yet and we may never know, but the authorities better find out about her real quick.

 

I have no doubt in my mind that you and your wife were very good parents, and I say that about all of the people on this site. However, there are people that I know, not close to the people but I know them, that they are aweful at parenting and have no business having any children.

 

As far and the other thing your brought up, gorillas are endangered, not so for deer and other creatures. I do not hunt, but I have no issues with people who hunt and then eat the animal, I am against the sport hunts for trophys and or photos opps. Same with the other animals mentioned. We see outcries when people go on "big game hunts" for sport only, I'm included in being against it.

 

Lastly, I at times agree with PETA, at times, but as in most cases I disagree with them here. If it were not for good zoos like Cincinnati's many animals would have been or will become extinct, zoos are needed to keep the species alive.

Horrific story. I cannot imagine what the parents were going through watching their child in that situation. I do not blame the zoo for doing what it did. The kid has to come first event though the gorilla did nothing wrong. I don't know enough facts to know if the parents should be charged with anything.

 

I agree with Clyde regarding the people's inconsistencies when it comes to the killing of animals. Thousands of animals in Africa are killed every day, some by hunters and others by other animals. A hunter kills one lion and people want the guy's life literally ruined. I have never gone hunting in my life and never will...no way I could ever kill an innocent animal. I don't have a problem with hunters though...

I'm still waiting on a profile of the parents and an interview claiming how they were not at fault.

Famed animal zookeeper, television host and director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium defended the decision to put down the 450 pound gorilla named Harambe to protect the life of the 4-year-old boy who fell into the enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo.

 

"I’ve seen him take a green coconut, which you can’t bust open with a sledgehammer and squish it like this," Hanna told "Good Morning America" about Harambe, gesturing with his hand the ease with which gorillas can crush fruit. "You’re dealing with either human life or animal life here. So what is the decision? I think it’s very simple to figure that out."

 

"I can tell you now, that there's no doubt in my mind the child would not be here today if they hadn't made the decision," Hanna said.

 

Famed Animal Expert Jack Hanna Says Gorilla Would Have Killed Boy

A 4 yr old kid, without aid of an adult, easily and quickly found his way to the bottom of the gorilla pit.

 

Example #1 of culpability.

 

Just because it hasn't happened before does not remove the culpability.

Horrific story. I cannot imagine what the parents were going through watching their child in that situation.

 

How do we know they were even there watching or how do we know they even had a clue it was their kid.

Obviously they weren't watching their kid to begin with as we already know.

No one on this board knows what the parents were doing when the child fell. Let's hold off on crushing them as bad parents.

How do we know they were even there watching or how do we know they even had a clue it was their kid.

Obviously they weren't watching their kid to begin with as we already know.

 

C'mon Ref...you are making my point...we don't know enough facts yet IMO. Why be ready to crucify the parents immediately? We don't know enough yet.

I find it odd anyone questions the decision to shoot the animal. Human life should always be valued higher than an animal.

C'mon Ref...you are making my point...we don't know enough facts yet IMO. Why be ready to crucify the parents immediately? We don't know enough yet.

 

I know, it just makes me mad that for 38yrs nothing had ever happened like this and now we lost a beautiful animal due to human problem.

I find it odd anyone questions the decision to shoot the animal. Human life should always be valued higher than an animal.

 

I don't know if anyone questions the decision to shoot the animal as much as it shouldn't have ever had to happen.

There's one person in this thread not rationalizing.

 

I've already stated I'm not against hunting even though I do not hunt.

 

I am saying again that while it's unfortunate for the gorilla it's no different than the deer that gets shot in its own habitat or the shark that gets caught doing nothing other than looking for food.

 

Add in that we're talking about an animal that someone caught and transported thousands of miles away from its own habitat and stuck it in a zoo.

 

You're either OK with the pecking order (ie people are smarter than animals and know how to hunt and kill them or to capture them) or you're not. No middle ground.

 

I'm OK with the pecking order. Works well for me.

 

He was born in Texas. Next.

A 4 yr old kid, without aid of an adult, easily and quickly found his way to the bottom of the gorilla pit.

 

Example #1 of culpability.

 

Just because it hasn't happened before does not remove the culpability.

 

Also, apparently it took quite a few minutes to get where he ended up. So no, not the zoo's fault.

No one on this board knows what the parents were doing when the child fell. Let's hold off on crushing them as bad parents.

 

But we do know that in 39 years and millions of visitors this has never happened, so...

He was born in Texas. Next.

 

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They make big apes down there in Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas.