Posted on 06/01/2016 9:08:57 AM PDT by drewh
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Typical Poor Parenting While Black - We’ve All Seen It With Our Own Eyes
As for them suing others...I'd be open to any evidence they might present in a civil trial.
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Maybe that initial fence met nominal code, but to be able to be pushed under, means it is essentially ineffective. One would want to keep critters of all kinds out of the gorilla exhibit, if only for protecting the gorillas from disease.
most people are not animal experts, but a parent’s reaction should be to go immediately to their rescue, not watch on from afar.
Many thing could happen if an adult came down there and talked calmly to the gorilla. It could attack the adult kill him, hospitalize him, run away, slightly injure him, ignore them, be friendly and amused.
There’s no way can can know, but you’d know that your child would probably have a better chance than if you stayed away.
I’m not going to pass judgement. Never had kids of my own but married a family. They have blessed me with grandchildren. Last year I was working on a project while my two year old granddaughter “helped” me. I turned my back for a few seconds and when I turned around she had a plastic bag over her head. I have a whole new mindset while around children now.
Was wondering about covering the ape with a sniper in case of trouble, and sending the mother out there to pick the boy up while forcing that crowd to BACK OFF. Odds are the gorilla would acquiesce and not need to be killed.
We had two boys, and a girl in between, all in a space of five years.
When the youngest was about a year old, and during a particular trying day, I turned to my wife and said: “They outnumber us”.
They are now all in their thirties, having kids of their own.
My oldest, who has a just under two year old, said to me the other day “I only have one. How did you and Mom ever handle three?”
How indeed! (Thanks for the help, Jesus!)
Once I was looking at clothes in the mall and my son climbed inside a store display...only a child could fit through the crack that led to the inside of the display where the tubular scaffolding was that was the structure holding up all of the outside panels. He climbed up two stories high...while I was yelling at him to come down...he was 3 or 4 maybe. He thought it was funny...he got a pretty decent spanking when he finally did come down about 15 minutes later.
I’d probably go to jail today for the spanking...but he deserved it every bit as much as he deserved the spanking he got when I witnessed him very narrowly miss getting killed by a car passing the end of our driveway. He was riding his bike with roller-blades on and when he hit the brake to stop from going into the street, of course, his foot slid right off the pedal. It was so close his tire hit the side of the car as it passed.
An agitated gorilla would be more likely to harm his prey, in this case the child, when threatened by a third party. It’s not about safety of an intervening adult, but about what the animal might do to the boy.
Saw the mother works at a day care..Pull my kids from that place ,yesterday
3 foot high fence separating kids from some bushes and a 15 foot drop. Need I say more, fellow parents?
Everyone deserves to go to hell, in fact. Nobody can merit otherwise.
Pushed UNDER the fence too. The zoo codes should require better.
How did the boy get over or under the fence? The family will probably end up suing the zoo.
"Seconds" is a far different thing than a "minute". If the kid were unsupervised for a minute, or worse, unrestrained for a minute after he stated he was going in the moat...then the parent(s) should shoulder some of the blame for the animal's death.
There will be a lawsuit. The zoo endangered the life of the child which resulted in the animal being killed. The only mistake the parents made was trusting the zoo was a safe venue for their family.
“The zoo endangered the life of the child”
I’m guessing other 3- or 4-year olds were at the zoo that day, yet none of them ended up in the gorilla’s habitat. The zoo is not at fault. If it’s sued, that means less money for the care of animals, including endangered species. And that’s what zoos are for.
Is it wrong to ask parents to keep a close eye on their children? If that’s not possible, maybe they shouldn’t take those children into an “unsafe” environment.
You are right. A 3 foot fence is not enough, and when parents bring their children to the zoo, they do have an expectation that the zoo is child proof. Zoos main audience is children , and they need to make it safe. I do not think this is the parents fault.
So how many children have gone to this zoo over the years without falling into the gorilla pit?
People always have to find somebody else to blame. It’s as American as Apple Pie.
The zoo is at fault. If your main audience is children, then make the zoo child proof. A increase in wall height, and netting would discourage kids and suicidal adults from jumping in.
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