People going bananas over Gorilla that was shot

[daneblazer]

Anyone following this story? Kid falls in the gorilla area at a Cincinatti zoo and they take it down. Pretty sad story. Mom took her eyes off the kid and he falls 15 feet into the pit

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3616453/New-video-footage-Harambe-shows-400-pound-gorilla-HOLDING-HANDS-four-year-old-boy-fell-zoo-enclosure-witnesses-say-animal-acting-protectively.html

[kidcudi92]

tranquilizers???

[slayer14]

The Gorilla was pulling the kid side to side they had no option really.

[Smoke]

The Gorilla was pulling the kid side to side they had no option really.

Bullshit he was protecting the kid

[xKMACKx]

Shoot the useless mother would have been more like it.

[jtoler]

Zoo stories like this are silly. How do they make any exhibit where its even possible for a human to come into contact with a dangerous animal even if they tried. Makes no sense.

[existential]

basically what it comes down to is that a lot of people feel that animals are 'better' than humans. i'm pretty sure that anyone who's owned a pet in their lifetime has felt that sentiment at some point. who's to say if they're right or wrong overall though.

personally, i really like animals and don't support zoos, but am not militant about it.. i.e. wouldn't protest at a zoo and try blocking people from entering.

as for this specific incident, the gorilla did swing the kid around a few times but also appeared to be protecting him in moments. personally, if i had to make the call, would've gone with multiple tranquilizers in the hope of saving both lives. had that not worked and infuriated the gorilla causing him to kill the kid, so be it. bottom line, zoos should have the obligation to work equally hard to save their own animals/captives lives.

[slayer14]

I love animals i own a cat but in this situation i truly think they had no option the boy could have got killed, then the zoo would be paying out in compensation to the family for doing nothing.

[Snowball]

it's sad but he had to be shot
can you imagine if he ripped the kids head off
how would that have been on liveleak ?

[jjgold]

right move

Bear was right next to him

[slayer14]

Gorillas do look harmless but remember that case a few years ago when that ladys face got ripped off by the gorilla pet her friend owned.

[Russian Rocket]

Gorillas do look harmless but remember that case a few years ago when that ladys face got ripped off by the gorilla pet her friend owned.

that was justified tho - she was ugly to begin with


RIP Harambe!

[pavyracer]

Why didn't they taser the gorilla? It's ok to taser humans but not animals who don't listen?

[Meansteam]

The point some are trying to make is why did the animal gave to die because if the stupidity of the parents not watching their kid. And in the end, there is no penalty to the humans for their mistake. Thankfully the child is OK, but, as happens far too often in our society, someone's actions impacts another's, and they have no consequences for their actions.

[kidcudi92]

Zoo stories like this are silly. How do they make any exhibit where its even possible for a human to come into contact with a dangerous animal even if they tried. Makes no sense.

it would be easy for anyone OTHER than a YOUNG child to get into an enclosure

honestly its something i think about when i am at a zoo

like shit...this would actually be easy to climb the fence(yes its high, but not THAT high) and jump on in

[Mr KLC]

[pavyracer]

Meanwhile in Australia a crocodile snatches a woman and eats her and the crocodile is not shot because no one has a gun there because of strict gun laws. Just think about it for a second. In a country with crocodiles people can't have guns but in a country with gorillas in zoos people have guns everywhere. Thank God we have a second amendment.

[Grits n' Gravy]

They did what they felt they had to do to save the little kid. How the little shit got in there is a big concern. His parents should be forced by court to go to parenting classes. Zoos have zero place in society. Wild animals are meant to live in nature not cages. The gorilla appeared to be protecting the child but you can't take a chance. If it was the mom who was in there, fuk her. She should know better.

[opie1988]

Where the fukk was his mother while this fukkin kid was going under three walls and over 2 fences before falling into a moat 15 ft below? Fukkin idiot mother.

This being said, no option but to put the fukkin silverback down. Shoot him with a tranq, and he gets pissed and rips the kids head off, and that would be bad.

No animal worth a kids life.

[Grits n' Gravy]

Gorillas do look harmless but remember that case a few years ago when that ladys face got ripped off by the gorilla pet her friend owned.

It was a chimp. She got what she deserved. Primates aren't meant to be house pets.

[smitch124]

Some people don't really like people very much. As a result they lobby for the safety of animals over people.

[pavyracer]

It was a chimp. She got what she deserved. Primates aren't meant to be house pets.

Yes. Kinda of hard to have a gorilla pet when he won't fit through the door.

[jjgold]

animal lovers always been weird people

[existential]

tattooed white trash mother and kids..

[marcoloco]

tranquilizers???

takes about 5-10min for them to work. Higher dosage will speed it up but also jeopardize the animals life. Being shot with a dart will have pissed it off. Gorilla may have thought it was the kid and tore him to pieces.

[DiggityDaggityDo]

The protestors should all gather at the Mom's house and protest in her front yard.

It's all her dumbass fault the gorilla took one to the dome.

[Smoke]

takes about 5-10min for them to work. Higher dosage will speed it up but also jeopardize the animals life. Being shot with a dart will have pissed it off. Gorilla may have thought it was the kid and tore him to pieces.

Oh so now you're an expert on tranquilizers

Please stop

[TheMoneyShot]

The Gorilla was pulling the kid side to side they had no option really.

Bullshit he was protecting the kid

I've seen 2 versions of the video.... the media/news outlets.... and the real version on youtube.

Um... that fukking gorilla was swinging that kid like a rag doll.

If that's protecting that kid...

I wouldn't want to be a son of that gorilla.


I'd really like to give that gorilla the benefit of the doubt. But, you simply can't take any chances.

[gauchojake]

daner how long was the decision to go with "bananas" vs "ape shit" for the title?

[TheMoneyShot]

daner how long was the decision to go with "bananas" vs "ape shit" for the title?

I love the phrase ape sh#$. I use it majority of the time.

[d2bets]

Why didn't they taser the gorilla? It's ok to taser humans but not animals who don't listen?

Do thet make tasers sufficient to immediately paralyze a 450 pound gorilla?

[MickeyMan]

I've seen 2 versions of the video.... the media/news outlets.... and the real version on youtube.

Um... that fukking gorilla was swinging that kid like a rag doll.

If that's protecting that kid...

I wouldn't want to be a son of that gorilla.


I'd really like to give that gorilla the benefit of the doubt. But, you simply can't take any chances.

Did you actually just respond to that comment with a serious answer

[pavyracer]

Do thet make tasers sufficient to immediately paralyze a 450 pound gorilla?

Yes. Use two at a time. One for the back and one for the front. Double the weight..double the tasers.

[TheMoneyShot]

Did you actually just respond to that comment with a serious answer

What was I supposed to say? Some people claiming they shouldn't of killed that gorilla. I don't know what they are smoking?

Maybe we should of let it carried on for 5 minutes longer.... and maybe that gorilla would of read the kid a bedtime story?

[Bluehorseshoe]

GorillaLivesMatter#