[GulliverSwift]

Beware the sour ape.

That gorilla needs some botox. Both of them.

[Texas dog]

Poor Gorilla was probably watching coverage of Dick Clarke; would drive even a simian to rage...

[GreenLanternCorps]

I hope they track down those kids, they bear a lot of the responsibility for the damage done and the death of the animal.

[billorites]

Grab that minkey!

[dead]

These kids are jerks, but they're not the morons who built an escapable gorilla enclosure.

[Gefreiter]

I expect the UN will condemn this gorilla's unilateral action.

He should have consulted with his fellow gorillas and set up some commissions to discuss his feelings of being harassed by humans, and how he could have focused his anger into more constructive pursuits.

[B-Chan]

In a tape of one 911 call released by authorities Monday, a zoo secretary calmly tells the operator that police are needed. In another call, Dallas resident Enrique DeLeon urgently requests help.

"There's a gorilla loose, and it's going after people," he says frantically.

"Are you serious?" the dispatcher asks.

Ah, Dallas, my hometown. The city with the incredulous 911 operators.

And people wonder why we bailed for Tarrant County.

[Asclepius]

"I'm thinking he just got angry enough at being harassed and he either made the climb of his life or a leap and got lucky," Kaemmerer said.

Find the two youths, cage them, pelt them with rocks, then shoot them dead.

[Hacksaw]

But it also left the zoo without a solid explanation of how the 13-year-old gorilla got past walls 12 to 16 feet high with moats and electrified wires. Jabari, who injured two women and a 3-year-old boy, was fatally shot by police after he charged at them.

Surprised there aren't angry libertarians complaining about the "jackboots" and violations of the gorilla's civil rights.

[rageaholic]

uhh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh cool

[It's me]

OH Please!!!!

They are giving the gorilla way too much credit.

It did what it would do if it saw someone in the wild.

[dead]

Can you imagine the mess in the pants of these teenagers when they saw Jabari clear the fence?

[yankeedame]

Two Teens Taunted Gorilla Who Then Escaped

I tell ya, is this a teen movie waiting to be filmed, or what?

[CJ Wolf]

Umm how come the zoo doesn't keep guns, or at least tranqulizer guns at the ready? Come on it is Texas for goodness sake.

Old school: "That's a tranquilizer gun. Any of these little f***ers decide to freak out on the kids, I get to take them down."

[ClearCase_guy]

DeLeon said he borrowed a utility knife from a young boy and began cutting the mesh netting of the aviary

Have they arrested the young boy yet?

[No Blue States]

"Officials said the information, which appears credible and came from a hot line created to collect information about the incident, is helpful because it shows what might have provoked Jabari's escape."

IMO the blame can be placed completely on the zoo and those whose job it was to build secure housing for dangerous animals who are visited by hundreds of thousands of people each year.

With those numbers of visitors a few unruly teens can be guaranteed.

But yes, it would have been nice if Jabari slapped them a few times when he got out.

The cage wasnt secure, no excuse.

[cricket]

Kids taunting; being cruel to any animal is something so heinous and sickneing. If anyone sees such intolerant behavior from a child or from anyone for that matter; I hope it will not be ignored or dismissed.

This surely was not a 'first time' for these teens who found such pleasure in mistreating an animal.

[EggsAckley]

My favorite gorilla pic:

[agrarianlady]

Any news on the 3-year-old?

[watchin]

Let me guess ... the police were not given tranquilizer guns because they're not medical personnel trained in administering medicine. They might have hurt the gorilla.

I'll bet I'm not far off.