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News: Boy falls into gorilla area
Member Since: 4/4/2014
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It's obviously not the kids fault but it's not the gorillas either.
It's the incompetent parents for letting their kid fall into a ****ing gorilla exhibit.
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Originally posted by BlooRiverAnimal
Some of y'all blaming the kid.
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IKR he was only 4 and tell me if none of us wanted to climb stuff and explore at that age plus it's the parents' fault who probably didn't warn the kid what would happen if he climbed, etc. The kid didn't deserve to be traumatized by the stupidity of his parents. But it sure is a lesson for him as well. A cruel lesson with a long-lasting impact probably.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Omg that's so sad poor gorilla and kid
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Some of you are literally insane and should be concerned about your mental health. The boy was four, do any of you even interact with kids? It takes a second for them to slip away. The mother could've realized that he was gone in a second but while they look for him, the kid is jumping in with the gorilla. Kids will be kids, and people get mad when parents have them on leashes
The gorilla was dragging the kid underwater, he could've easily drowned or suffered head injuries from the impact. If they shot the gorilla with a tranquilizer it would've ripped the kid to pieces, so the Zoo did the right thing.
You're sick and demented if you would sit there and watch a gorilla shred and smash a little boy to pieces.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by blairwaldorff
Some of you are literally insane and should be concerned about your mental health. The boy was four, do any of you even interact with kids? It takes a second for them to slip away. The mother could've realized that he was gone in a second but while they look for him, the kid is jumping in with the gorilla. Kids will be kids, and people get mad when parents have them on leashes
The gorilla was dragging the kid underwater, he could've easily drowned or suffered head injuries from the impact. If they shot the gorilla with a tranquilizer it would've ripped the kid to pieces, so the Zoo did the right thing.
You're sick and demented if you would sit there and watch a gorilla shred and smash a little boy to pieces.
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This pretty much. Its incredibly easy for a child to slip away. Why do you think there's so many cases of toddlers ending up drawing in pools? This isn't on the parents and this isn't on the gorilla, its on the zoo. There should be NO WAY for anybody to enter an enclosure. Apparently there was an opening in one of the bushes and thats how he got in. These enclosures need redesigns so this doesn't happen again. Now a boy is traumatized and a poor gorilla is dead. Tragic.
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I can't at some of y'all blaming the little boy
If anything, this is the parents' fault. Wtf would you not even pay attention and look after your child? They seem dumb. And while the zoo is wrong for killing the gorilla, did they have any other choice? They could've sedated it but that doesn't work all the time.
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Member Since: 6/25/2011
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Originally posted by May
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.
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Originally posted by YoYo
But what kind of ****ed up "fight or flight" response does this kid have? What kind of 4-year-old isn't terrified of something with such an intimidating appearance as the gorilla?
He will not live long either way.
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Originally posted by blairwaldorff
Some of you are literally insane and should be concerned about your mental health. The boy was four, do any of you even interact with kids? It takes a second for them to slip away. The mother could've realized that he was gone in a second but while they look for him, the kid is jumping in with the gorilla. Kids will be kids, and people get mad when parents have them on leashes
The gorilla was dragging the kid underwater, he could've easily drowned or suffered head injuries from the impact. If they shot the gorilla with a tranquilizer it would've ripped the kid to pieces, so the Zoo did the right thing.
You're sick and demented if you would sit there and watch a gorilla shred and smash a little boy to pieces.
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Why didn't they shoot the child instead though? This gorilla is of a critically endangered species. He was doing nothing out of what a gorilla naturally would do so why does he die for the sake of another one of us 7 Billion. It is not the Gorilla's fault the child lacked basic instinct. They could have easily killed the child so he wouldn't die in pain and call and it a day couldn't they?
Also, this is a serious question? I'm not necessarily agreeing that the child should have been killed but questioning why the Gorilla deserves to be killed over the child.
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Originally posted by blairwaldorff
Some of you are literally insane and should be concerned about your mental health. The boy was four, do any of you even interact with kids? It takes a second for them to slip away. The mother could've realized that he was gone in a second but while they look for him, the kid is jumping in with the gorilla. Kids will be kids, and people get mad when parents have them on leashes
The gorilla was dragging the kid underwater, he could've easily drowned or suffered head injuries from the impact. If they shot the gorilla with a tranquilizer it would've ripped the kid to pieces, so the Zoo did the right thing.
You're sick and demented if you would sit there and watch a gorilla shred and smash a little boy to pieces.
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This. I'm honestly a little sick to my stomach at multiple people in here suggesting shooting the kid.
It's a ****** situation all around, but I think they made the best decision in that moment.
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Originally posted by Rumbler
Why didn't they shoot the child instead though? This gorilla is of a critically endangered species. He was doing nothing out of what a gorilla naturally would do so why does he die for the sake of another one of us 7 Billion. It is not the Gorilla's fault the child lacked basic instinct. They could have easily killed the child so he wouldn't die in pain and call and it a day couldn't they?
Also, this is a serious question? I'm not necessarily agreeing that the child should have been killed but questioning why the Gorilla deserves to be killed over the child.
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Because the gorilla does nothing to benefit us. It's a glorified monkey. They're nice to look at and learn about, but they don't save the world. The kid was also not harming the gorilla in any way, so why would they shoot a CHILD for that?
I hope your parents never had the mindset of "Save the gorilla instead of my child"
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Not some of you defending the parents
When you're in a public area where there are lots of other people around you need to have an eye on your child at all times. There is no excuse for these parents not paying enough attention that their child fell into a damn Gorilla exhibit
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How the hell did he even...
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Yeah, Idk... Glad he's alive, but the kid deserved at least a couple of broken bones, tbh.
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Originally posted by blairwaldorff
Some of you are literally insane and should be concerned about your mental health. The boy was four, do any of you even interact with kids? It takes a second for them to slip away. The mother could've realized that he was gone in a second but while they look for him, the kid is jumping in with the gorilla. Kids will be kids, and people get mad when parents have them on leashes
The gorilla was dragging the kid underwater, he could've easily drowned or suffered head injuries from the impact. If they shot the gorilla with a tranquilizer it would've ripped the kid to pieces, so the Zoo did the right thing.
You're sick and demented if you would sit there and watch a gorilla shred and smash a little boy to pieces.
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If you are in a public space, especially a ZOO, you should be watching your 4 year old ALL THE TIME, there's a reason why they also had babysitters.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by QueenBLadyG
Seeing how gentle the gorilla was, in comparison to what they thought would happen, we may have a future furry on our hands.
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People need to stop blaming the kid. Four year olds definitely know when they're doing something wrong, but most don't realize how big the consequences can really be. The backlash should be all on the parents.
RIP to the gorilla, though.
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The latent ableism in here
Yes disagree w/ people and use disability/mental illness as ur buffer for arguing. Meanwhile, disabled people are fodder for your (uninformed) ideas.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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why didn't they kill the kid? you just don't kill an innocent for this kind of things.
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Originally posted by blairwaldorff
Because the gorilla does nothing to benefit us. It's a glorified monkey. They're nice to look at and learn about, but they don't save the world. The kid was also not harming the gorilla in any way, so why would they shoot a CHILD for that?
I hope your parents never had the mindset of "Save the gorilla instead of my child"
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Of course it is of benefit. That was a Western Lowland Gorilla which is a critically endangered and has been of use to researchers for its comparable behavior to humans and their ability to learn similar to how we do. They are highly intelligent but also have helped in tracing the origins of HIV.
I hope you weren't insinuating that that child was going to save the world. Between him crawling into a cage with an animal and parents that lacked the responsibility to properly keep him out of danger, I wouldn't really expect a whole lot from him in life. Prove me wrong in 20 years though, now he was the saved one I guess.
The child wasn't harming the Gorilla, but the Gorilla wasn't doing anything that it isn't expected to do. They are extremely strong and even without intention could harm a full grown man due to their sheer power. Why should we shoot the Gorilla any quicker than we would shoot the child when in reality, the child was the one who actually f*cked up.
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Member Since: 6/25/2011
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Originally posted by blairwaldorff
Because the gorilla does nothing to benefit us. It's a glorified monkey. They're nice to look at and learn about, but they don't save the world. The kid was also not harming the gorilla in any way, so why would they shoot a CHILD for that?
I hope your parents never had the mindset of "Save the gorilla instead of my child"
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Is this a serious statement? Because they don't benefit us, it deserves to die? Do you know how many people, including this child possibly when he grows up, don't benefit society? Do you know how many other animals "don't benefit" society? Just because they don't seem to have that much of a purpose, or are capable of "saving the world" (which isn't possible for ANYONE to do in the first place ) doesn't mean they are worthless and not worthy of having their life respected. How absolutely disgusting and ignorant...
Gorillas are extremely important scientifically. They're also "family" of humankind.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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I understand why they killed the animal but this is sad an innocent aninal's life is gone just because of careless humans... glad the boy is safe
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