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People so easily forget that humans, stripped of tech, are very, very far from the top of the food chain.
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SGT (Join to see) - It's easier to blame others.... It's was a tragic event but absolutely the mother of the four year olds fault
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She wasn't charged today. The district attorney didn't file charges.
CINCINNATI (AP) - An Ohio prosecutor says he isn't seeking charges against the mother of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo's gorilla exhibit, resulting in the shooting of an endangered gorilla to protect him.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced the decision Monday. He says the child's mother had three other children with her, and she was attending to them when the 3-year-old "just scampered off."
The Cincinnati police had investigated the family's actions in the incident May 28.
The zoo plans to reopen its Gorilla World on Tuesday with a higher, reinforced barrier. The boy apparently climbed over the outer barrier before falling some 15 feet into a shallow moat. A special response team shot and killed the 17-year-old western lowland gorilla named Harambe to protect the boy.
CINCINNATI (AP) - An Ohio prosecutor says he isn't seeking charges against the mother of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo's gorilla exhibit, resulting in the shooting of an endangered gorilla to protect him.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced the decision Monday. He says the child's mother had three other children with her, and she was attending to them when the 3-year-old "just scampered off."
The Cincinnati police had investigated the family's actions in the incident May 28.
The zoo plans to reopen its Gorilla World on Tuesday with a higher, reinforced barrier. The boy apparently climbed over the outer barrier before falling some 15 feet into a shallow moat. A special response team shot and killed the 17-year-old western lowland gorilla named Harambe to protect the boy.
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SGT (Join to see) - Well, I don't agree with that. I took my three kids to the zoo many times, and never had one get into an exhibit.
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I don't either. Was her husband there? If so, he needed to help keep an eye on them.
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Years ago at our Houston zoo, a Giraffe head butted a woman and it killed her. Also, a elephant grabbed a guy with its trunk and killed him. I asked this question because I think every zoo should check its safety features and see if there are any places an accident can happen. This wasn't the first time a young boy fell into a gorilla cage. That one turned out ok. The ape was protecting the kid like a mother would.
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I am not completely aware of the entire situation with the zoo in Cincinnati, but I certainly think a security review for zoos in general could be called fo.
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CPT (Join to see), From what I saw, there wasn't a good enough barrier between the end of the visitors front barrier, and the kid was able to crawl through some bushes, to the edge of the pit, and slipped and fell in.
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SGT (Join to see) - Couldn't the zoo have used a tranquilizer dart or something less lethal?
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CPT (Join to see), I asked myself the same question. When the Zoo rep was being interviewed, that question was asked. The zoo rep said thete wasn't enough time. He said the gorilla could have ripped off the boy's arm, at any second.
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Zoos exist only because humans have the audacity to know better than nature.
You want to see a gorilla, go to Central Africa, otherwise watch YouTube.
You want to see a gorilla, go to Central Africa, otherwise watch YouTube.
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I have 3 cats in my home. They are not my property, they just allow me to live with them.
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