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It's a human life. The zoo ABSOLUTELY did the right thing. If that were your child down there, would you want to take the risk of the tranq dart not working right away and watch your kid beaten to death or crushed by a 400+ pound gorilla? OR would you rather the zoo not take a chance and put it down immediately?? I know which option I would pick. It's a dam ANIMAL at the end of the day. A human life is much more valuable than an animal, plain and simple. Is it fair the gorilla had to die because of this, not at all. However I would rather see a dead gorilla than a dead child any day of the week.
Exactly......everyone that is complaining about this most likely didn't even think of this happening to their own child and you damn well know they will all say well I would've been watching my child or holding him/her...people just love to complain about anything nowadays.....The zoo did the right thing
 
And the zoo is not at fault for holding a dangerous animal in an enclosure that can be breached by a 3 year old?
It would be interesting to know how the kid got in there first. For 38 years that same enclosure was used without incident. Apply that statistic to anything else and it seems a pretty good track record!
 
Why KILL the gorilla and no tranquilize him?

Read up on it a bit. The tranq takes up to 10 minutes to kick in on a gorilla that size. Gorillas can get extremely agitated when they are tranq'd, before 'falling asleep'.. If that were my child I know I wouldn't want to take that chance.

Even animal expert Jack Hanna agrees with the zoo's decision.

 
Man, them things are HUGE! They would make an awesome laborer for a framer. They could carry lumber and climb up to the rafters in no time.
It almost looked like the ape was protecting the kid. In a very rough gorilla like way. The video doesnt have sound, but im sure the crowd was screaming in unison, creating waves of fear and excitement. If it was all quiet and calm, outcome may have been different. BUT in the situation, im sure calm and quiet was never on the menu. Its just bad from every angle. The list of things handled wrong is endless.
 
It would be interesting to know how the kid got in there first. For 38 years that same enclosure was used without incident. Apply that statistic to anything else and it seems a pretty good track record!
Sad as it all is and as an example there were no problems in the shuttle program until the Challenger disaster. They corrected the cause of that only to lose another shuttle after going over the program with a fine tooth comb. Unfortunately, many things happen before anyone takes a look at how to make it better. Hopefully, the Cincinnati Zoo will make changes to all of their enclosures and other zoo's take a good look at theirs. As for the Silverback, it is sad to see it's life end this way. The people who dealt with the situation are professionals while those causing the uproar are not. Again, emotion gets ahead of the thought process.
 
Not for nothing but if you watch the video that gorilla was getting ready to rape that child. Couple of min in he started checking out the boys ass. somewhere in there is a Michael Jackson joke ..
 
ironic twist is that BLM and liberals started early this morning saying the only reason the gorilla was killed so quickly is white privileged stupid white lady should have been watching her kid and this would have never happened .. NOT... ! meet the gorilla incidents baby's parents;

 
Am I the only one wondering how Gorilla Meat tastes?


Mostly the mothers fault for not watching her kid. But has to be some of the zoos fault also. I mean the kid was what 3-4 years old? Just how secure is the gorilla area if a small kid can get right in. They need some secure fencing. And by zoos fault I mean like 10-20% their fault 80% moms.
 
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