‘Shooting an endangered animal is worse than murder’: Grief over gorilla’s death turns to outrage

Washington Post ^ | 05/30/2016

[BenLurkin]

Odd.

No mention of this incident at their website:
http://blacklivesmatter.com/

[Sarah Barracuda]

They were screaming about it last night on twitter, til they found out the child is black, OOPS outrage gone

[BenLurkin]

You joke but a couple sicko posters at the Washington Post comments section already state that the since child is black and that it will just grow up to be a “taker”

[BenLurkin]

Sure would like to see some links showing who was posting those tweets. Don’t be surprised if some snarky bastard in the KKK got the ball rolling by posting form a phony account.

[PrairieLady2]

The article said that a tranquilizer would have taken too long to take effect, and the gorilla acted like he was dunking the kid in the water, that the child was seriously injured. I think the were worried that the ape would drown the child before the med would take effect. And then, the ape could easily have fallen onto the kid and crushed him.

My question is how the kid got under the enclosure to get into the animal area in the first place? I don’t care how you slice it, kids do have a way of escaping, and some kids are simply gifted at it, beyond the average kid.

It seems to me that animal enclosures should be kid tested before allowing the animal into it. These gifted little Houdinis are the perfect kids to use for this purpose.

Adults do try to get it right, but the best people for the job is kids.

[Spok]

That’s what I suspected. The zoo and the kids parents were both at fault for creating the conditions that led up to the kid breaching the enclosure. The gorilla and the child were the innocents, but something had to be done.

[MinuteGal]

Posts on this thread and the other long gorilla-thread currently running are some of the most disgusting I've ever read on this forum in my 17 years here.

The attempts to personify and project human traits into this beast (the keeper said the animal was like a "son" to him, the animal was "keeping the child's head above water" so he wouldn't drown, etc)....and to post words of despair and beat one's breast over the animal's demise....while all the while crucifying, savaging and calling for charges against the unfortunate mother...all this evinces more regard for the life of an untamed jungle creature than expressing sympathy for her agony of fear during the event plus her present mental health and her undoubtedly-ongoing (and quite probably unfounded) feelings of guilt. This stoning of her demonstrates a really special iciness and total lack of concern for a fellow human being who found herself in a fearful situation.

Placing a little child's life BELOW that of an unpredictable animal's life is loathsome.

I suggest all the guilt-ridden agonizers reading these words volunteer for a couple hours a week at your local SPCA or Animal Shelter (like a nephew of mine does) to help restore your own mental health injured by this event and which is obviously in need of intensive care.

Leni

[Innovative]

I feel bad about the gorilla, I would have hoped they would have found another alternative.

BUT at the same time, I also see that the life of a little kid was in danger and they only had perhaps moments to make a decision and act. Under those circumstances, they apparently felt that the only option to save the kid was indeed to kill the gorilla.

Can you imagine the outrage if they hadn’t acted immediately and decisively and the kid had gotten badly mauled or even died?

[Innovative]

They said tranquilizing the gorilla would take time to take effect and the child could have gotten hurt during that time. They felt they needed to take the gorilla out instantly to save the kid.

[MinuteGal]

BTTT

[MinuteGal]

See #47

[TigersEye]

Making fun of liberals is like shooting fish in a barrel.
They make it such a target rich environment.

[M1903A1]

Male simians have a demonstrated penchant for killing the young of a pack they’ve taken over.

[johniegrad]

Agreed. Lots of imbeciles in the world that don’t value human life.

[waterhill]

I concur

[Gennie]

Here's an eyewitness account from someone who was there, she has it publicly posted on her Facebook page:

My family and I decided to go to the zoo yesterday after visiting my neice at Cincinnati Childrens hospital. For those of you that have already heard, there was a terrible accident there yesterday. And since every news media has covered this story, I don't feel bad telling our side. This was an accident! ! A terrible accident, but just that! My husband's voice is the voice talking to the child in one of the videos. I was taking a pic of the female gorilla, when my eldest son yells, "what is he doing? " I looked down, and to my surprise, there was a small child that had apparently, literally "flopped" over the railing, where there was then about 3 feet of ground that the child quickly crawled through! ! I assumed the woman next to me was the mother, getting ready to grab him until she says, "Whose kid is this? " None of us actually thought he'd go over the nearly 15 foot drop, but he was crawling so fast through the bushes before myself or husband could grab him, he went over! The crowed got a little frantic and the mother was calling for her son. Actually, just prior to him going over, but she couldn't see him crawling through the bushes! She said "He was right here! I took a pic and his hand was in my back pocket and then gone!" As she could find him nowhere, she lookes to my husband (already over the railing talking to the child) and asks, "Sir, is he wearing green shorts? " My husband reluctantly had to tell her yes, when she then nearly had a break down! They are both wanting to go over into the 15 foot drop, when I forbade my husband to do so, and attempted to calm the mother by calling 911 and assure her help was on the way. Neither my husband or the mother would have made that jump without breaking something! I wasn't leaving with my boys, because I didn't trust my husband not to jump in and the gorilla did just seem to be protective of the child. It wasn't until the gorilla became agitated because of the nosey, dramatic, helpless crowd; that the gorilla violently ran with the child! And it was very violent; although I think the gorilla was still trying to protect, we're taking a 400 lb gorilla throwing a 40 lb toddler around! It was horrific! The zoo responded very quickly, clearing the area and attempting to save both the child and the gorilla! The right choice was made. Thank God the child survived with non-life threatening, but serious injuries! This was an open exhibit! Which means the only thing separating you from the gorillas, is a 15 ish foot drop and a moat and some bushes! ! This mother was not negligent and the zoo did an awesome job handling the situation! Especially since that had never happened before! ! Thankful for the zoo and their attempts and my thoughts and prayers goes out to this boy, his mother and his family.

https://www.facebook.com/dee.rister/posts/934660816651599

[Sacajaweau]

There should be absolutely no way the kid could get into the enclosure. There have been many deaths in zoos in the last few years.

And zoos are nothing more than sperm banks...and it's BIG bucks.

I believe breeding and raising bald eagles was at a cost of $50,000 each....and that's probably not including all the charges.

[SkyPilot]

The mother, Michelle Gregg, is black. Therefore, she cannot be held responsible. She had a multiple brood of children to watch, and of course there was not father around.

[Talisker]

“Shooting an endangered animal is worse than murder,” a commenter from Denmark named Per Serensen wrote on the page. “Soooo angry.”

No it's not, Per. Especially in this case. You are completely, totally wrong.

[Qiviut]

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