Tranquilizing it very likely would have agitated and disoriented it for a couple minutes before the drugs kicked in, endangering the child further. source: Youtube videos and such.
This. I've been there often, too. It would take a bit if work for a man to throw a two year old into that exhibit. I can't fathom how long the kid had to climb. It's not like you can just look right down and fall over into it, either. There's space between the rail and the wall. It would take a couple separate climbs for a kid to fall in.
Really think I feel worse about the gorilla dying than if the kid had been killed. I'm a horrible human being.
FWIW, doubt he would have hurt the kid. Gorillas in this siuation have actually come off as being pretty protective in the past.
They weren't worried about the gorilla intentionally hurting the kid. He was dragging the kid around like a rag doll. It looked like he was trying to help but doing more harm than good
"gorilla wouldn't hurt the kid, gorilla was protecting him" comments are hilarious. Those are the majority of the social media comments.
Quite a bit of discussion about race but that all went silent when it was revealed, apparently, that the kid was black.
I think he was tossing him around. He was really agitated like "WTF is this thing" That gorilla that hugged the kid from several years ago was a chick, so different situation. You probably aren't An Alpha like me so you don't understand.
Nope. Either One less future OSU poster or one less "Ohio vs Florida man" article. Not a big loss IMO
I think gorillas actually have a good track record of protecting kids who get in exhibits but obviously a horde of idiots screaming just aggravated the situation (and I'd probably be one of those idiots screaming if I was there). Shitty situation. Bad parenting. I've never been to that zoo but I've been to plenty and I'm pretty sure that kid was unsupervised for a solid 3-5 minutes in order to pull off this feat. in the end everyone lost
Not sure what I'd do if I was there but no way am I filming that. Don't want video of a gorilla mauling a child apart on my goddamn phone
rob whisman @robwhisman just saw the gorilla thing. what kind of thoughtless, negligent parent would raise their child in ohio
i will hold off on the judiciousness of shooting the gorilla until we can get a full breakdown from local expert dblplay1212, who is the boards foremost authority on the appropriateness of "shoots".
The drag across the water did look a little rough, but they said the boy left the hospital with no injuries.
Has shoot the parents instead of the gorilla been suggested? If not, should've shot the parents, not the gorilla.
Daily Mail US @DailyMail 1m1 minute ago Police says parents of boy who fell into gorilla enclosure could face charges http://dailym.ai/1WU2IW
The parents should've been forced to fight the gorilla for their child. If they won them they keep him if they lose we get a real jungle book scenario happening under the eyes of the nation