So the child was by itself now?
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Again, if that were 100% the rule... this sort of thing would be happening much more often than it does.
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I don't think YOU are being rational.
So the child was by itself now?
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Again, if that were 100% the rule... this sort of thing would be happening much more often than it does.
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I don't think YOU are being rational.
You've never spent any time around a 4 year old have you? They'll literally do anything to get what they want as they have no concept of self-preservation. I think you'd be surprised at how many times small children get themselves into really bad situations due to their inability to recognize potential danger and the consequences of entering that danger.
What about it isn't true? Unless you're talking about the lowest level of scumbag that are animal abusers, every Human life is more important than every Animal life (Barring personal connections, anyway.. I'd kill a million people if I had to choose between them and my pup) especially talking wild animals (Yes this Gorilla is a wild animal. It's held captive sure but it's still a wild animal and will act like one.)I would never, ever agree to this. What makes this true?
Either way, this situation was dealt with the best way it could have been. To argue otherwise is ridiculous honestly and anyone who thinks shooting a 400 pound Gorilla with a dart when it's holding a small child is a good idea should just stop talking.
Hahahah so true.
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Hahah we get it mate, you're a parent or something, so you know better than the rest of us.
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Yes, I have. And guess what? I've taken them to the zoo as well. And guess how many of them climbed in any exhibits?
So you agree?So the child was by itself now?
year olds are stupid and will die if you don't keep an eye on them. Doesn't mean we should let them die when it happens.Again, if that were 100% the rule... this sort of thing would be happening much more often than it does.
First, you are misconstruing what he is saying. He is saying that kids tend to do dumb shit. Not that kids ALWAYS WILL do dumb shit. Also this wouldn't have happened if the kid's parents were watching him closely, which is what people have been arguing this whole time.
So you just have no empathy whatsoever? Imagine if one of your children did manage (somehow) to climb into an enclosure.. Would you tell the Zookeepers "ah well, he obviously doesn't matter as much as the Gorilla just let him die"? Or would you tell them to shoot the huge animal that has claimed your child as its own? I have a sneaking suspicion that you'd tell them to get your child to safety whatever they have to do. Which is exactly what they did. But please, tell me that you would sacrifice your child's life to punish your own negligence.. Prove once and for all that you're a psychopath.
How the fuck did he get into the god damn enclosure? Where the fuck was the parents? Bad enough that they ain't in their natural habitat but now that gorilla gotta die because someone wasn't paying attention they kid.....
There's no point discussing what should have been done. In 10/10 cases this is what will happen if you jump into the enclosure. Because animal life doesn't matter to humans and it never will. A single human life has much more potential than any other species. This is both true and false. Our potential is almost limitless but then again, not even a fraction of our population takes advantage of that potential. But the potential for potential makes human life far more valuable than any other species of animal. And that's why animals will always be killed in favor of humans no matter how endangered or critical to their environment they are. So there's really only one way this can go.
Shitty fucking parents with a shitty fucking kid. Should have let Darwinism take its course; we have plenty of people who don't hop into fenced off enclosures even though they're told not to.
You're getting exactly what you deserve.
It was a four year old. Do you have kids? Four year olds aren't very good at doing exactly what they're told 100% of the time.
Yeah, the parents are shitty. They should have had better control of their children, but it's not the kid's fault. He was being a kid. He's four, for fuck's sake.
Did the gorilla really need to be shot, surely there could be have been another way? I feel more sorry for the Gorilla than the stupid human...
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It's hard to say. There isn't raw video showing exactly what the gorilla was doing - various news reports have said that he was throwing the child.
I understand why the zoo employees did what they did. I don't like it, but I understand it. I just think it's absolutely shitty that the gorilla paid the ultimate price for inattentive, foolish parents.