It's sad that this happened but all of you people instantly blaming the parents obviously never had kids or interacted with too many of them. It literally takes a split second for something devastating like this to happen. No parent can watch their kid 24/7. Since we don't know the full circumstances of what happened or how quickly the situation occurred, let's reserve our criticism. And for the people blaming the child, smdh.
I'm serious though. Why? Because children aren't endangered. Humans aren't endangered. However great apes are. He was in captivity to protect him and still his life was lost because of humans.
We're not talking about a cow or an alley cat. This is a being that is capable of sign language and that experiences emotions on par with our own. It is beyond reprehensible that both the zoo and the parents could lack oversight. The parents should not have ignored their creature long enough for it to be able to get in there and the zoo shouldn't have had such crap enclosures.
Stop taking cues from the shitposters in the comment section of that video.
Blame the parents/keepers and mainly the zoo security. And I understand the decision of killing instead of trying to tranquilize it, I mean, he could hurt or kill the child after being shot and before the effects started. I know it's harsh but I don't see other alternative.
God, children are literal demons. Because of him that poor gorilla is now dead. Does this kid even realise that because of him a beautiful creature is now dead? I hope he grows up to be stupid and unsuccessful so the zookeepers will always have to live with the guilt that they sacrificed an innocent gorilla for nothing.
It's sad that the Gorilla had to die due to the kid's stupidity and his parent's irresponsibility. I'm sure there are signs all over the place to not tease the animals or get too close.
He's a child, ofc he doesn't know right from wrong yet!! His parents make the decisions for him.
so why are you calling him stupid?
this makes me sick.
the parents need to be killed for going to a zoo
the boy needs to be killed for being a dumb piece of ****
the parents need to be killed again for not taking care of their ****ing stupid child
the ****ing stupid babysitter piece of **** needs to be killed for not doing her ****ing job
the people who killed the gorilla need to be killed
the only one that does not need to be killed is the poor gorilla
He's a child, ofc he doesn't know right from wrong yet!! His parents make the decisions for him.
so why are you calling him stupid?
Children know right from wrong they're not stupid. My 4 year old niece knows right from wrong and if she was doing something wrong a quick scolding would make her stop. If his parents were watching him properly this wouldn't have happened.