Toddler falls into gorilla enclosure, great ape shot

[BmillsSkier]

Anyone else been following this?

It's hard to know exactly what happened because no one was filming before the boy fell 10-12 feet into the moat surrounding the 17 y/o gorilla's enclosure.

Some vids show the ape dragging the child around, some show it "protecting" it.

News stories can't even get the age of the boy right (3 or 4). He's in the hospital with non life threatening injuries. Good because the fall alone could have killed him.

Either way, after 10 minutes in the pen with the gorilla the hard decision was made to shoot and kill it. And in this year's #KONY2012 moment a swell of click-activism has arose in the past two days.

Sucks that the gorilla was killed. Sucks the kid fell into the enclosure. Easy to make a snap judgement and say it's shitty parenting, and it may well be, but anyone with a kid knows how fast they can sneak away and get into trouble - blink of an eye shit.

Anyway curious to see the fallout from all this. PETA marches? Cincinnati Zoo sued by the child's parents? Sued by PETA? We finally catch Kony?

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/killing-go...020645733.html

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opin...hard/85154552/

[Bobby Stainless]

It was an accident.

400 lb Gorilla with a four year old. I am sure there is some verbiage in their insurance policy, saying "shoot the animal".

[AK47bp]

Shoot the hostage is standard protocol in these situations.

[BmillsSkier]

I think police officer McClaine was off duty the other day.

[stalefish3169]

Curious why a tranquilizer was not used. Not instant acting like a bullet?

edit:

"Maynard said the team decided to use deadly force instead of tranquilizers to subdue the gorilla because it could have taken some time for the drug to take effect when an animal was in agitated state."

[Bobby Stainless]

I imagine they were afraid it would go ape shit.

[BmillsSkier]

Can you imagine if this happened on a Bellingham bus?

[Mofro261]

Can you imagine if this happened on a Bellingham bus?

in that case protocol dictates shoot the hostage.

[mcski]

I cannot believe the number of people forming internet lynchmobs either for the mom or the zoo managers that had to make the call to shoot the animal...second thought, yes I can. People are idiots and suck

[BmillsSkier]

I cannot believe the number of people forming internet lynchmobs either for the mom or the zoo managers that had to make the call to shoot the animal...second thought, yes I can. People are idiots and suck

KONY2012!!!

Internet activism is all the rage these days. It takes zero effort and less information.

[Bobby Stainless]

Yeah. Because the Zoo just loves doing this type shit. Shooting prize revenue generators, and then reaping the fall out.

[irul&ublo]

Can you imagine if this happened on a Bellingham bus?

Do gorillas carry bus fare?

[RootSkier]

Zoos suck.

[mcski]

KONY2012!!!

Internet activism is all the rage these days. It takes zero effort and less information.

It's not even activism, just outrage addiction.

[gonzo_lives]

The more dangerous primates in that area are outside the zoo

[irul&ublo]

Zoos suck.

And so do people who can't control their demon spawn

[PB]

So, one of only a thousand mountain gorillas left in the world or one of 4 billion pinkies - which can the world's ecology afford to lose more?

[Benny Profane]

They gave that gorilla ten minutes before shoot to kill, but the Cleveland cops gave that little 12 year old black kid about one second.

[Cono Este]

Sad, but neccesary.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I cannot believe the number of people forming internet lynchmobs either for the mom or the zoo managers that had to make the call to shoot the animal...second thought, yes I can. People are idiots and suck

I'm not into social media and don't follow the news. That said, what do you think? Was killing the gorilla justified? Is that gorilla's life worth less than the child's? Was there another solution?

I think zoos suck but I'm not sure this was a fair trade, the gorilla's life for the child's. Was the child really in mortal danger?

[irul&ublo]

They gave that gorilla ten minutes before shoot to kill, but the Cleveland cops gave that little 12 year old black kid about one second.

Simian Lives Matter!

[2FUNKY]

I'm not into social media and don't follow the news. That said, what do you think? Was killing the gorilla justified? YES! Is that gorilla's life worth less than the child's? YES! Was there another solution? With very little time to decide and my kids life in danger, no.

I think zoos suck but I'm not sure this was a fair trade, the gorilla's life for the child's. Was the child really in mortal danger?

You must not have kids. No animals life is worth more than my kids. I will kill, incapacitate, anything that threatens my kids life. Most humans life are less important than my kids, wife being the exception. I would have that shot that ape myself in order to save my kid. For the fucks mad at the mom, kids can be gone and in trouble in the blink of an eye.

[2FUNKY]

They gave that gorilla ten minutes before shoot to kill, but the Cleveland cops gave that little 12 year old black kid about one second.

The gorilla didn't have a "gun".

[54-46]

Ape Shall Not Kill Ape!

[smitchell333]

The cops were probably shooting at the black kid and accidentally hit the Gorilla.