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23. Video and photo of the incident available at

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 10:09 PM

May 2016

http://wlwt.com/news
and
http://local12.com/news/local

On the video, you can hear "Mommy's right here!" "Mommy loves you." "Be calm!"
"He's got my baby!"

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Gorilla killed after 3-year-old falls into enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 OP

Keep a better eye on your children. 840high May 2016 #1

^^^THIS^^^ catchnrelease May 2016 #8

RIP Harambe: tblue37 May 2016 #40

No subject JustAnotherGen May 2016 #54

I agree. Where in the hell were the parents? In a zoo? Hold your damn kids hand you idiots. YOHABLO May 2016 #35

Good question Scarsdale May 2016 #45

At the very least elmac May 2016 #37

mommy and daddy must have been texting wordpix May 2016 #68

I agree... but in a split second MissMillie May 2016 #77

Humans do the wrong thing Worried senior May 2016 #2

Really. nt SusanCalvin May 2016 #3

Standing by with their lawyer on speed dial StarTrombone May 2016 #4

Post of the day. Very funny. virgogal May 2016 #5

Not funny at all red dog 1 May 2016 #7

Lighten up Alice StarTrombone May 2016 #30

But probably not to far off the mark. cstanleytech May 2016 #39

Good question! red dog 1 May 2016 #61

The Cincinnati Zoo needs to re-design the gorilla enclosure red dog 1 May 2016 #6

It's remarkable that this sort of misadventure is physically possible jberryhill May 2016 #9

I'm sure they will do just that, after they pay off the lawsuit. Ruby the Liberal May 2016 #15

His parents had to be ignoring him and neglecting his well being for a pretty long time tblue37 May 2016 #38

Probably diddling on their cell phones BuelahWitch May 2016 #43

I think you meant that the Zoo needs to re-design the PEOPLE encolosure. mackdaddy May 2016 #34

+1 MissMillie May 2016 #78

In that other incident jeff47 May 2016 #10

The gorillas' genders are probably the bigger factor in the difference Scootaloo May 2016 #28

I suggest the parents be neutered. Divernan May 2016 #11

Oh, c'mon librarylu May 2016 #33

That's what I'm thinking. crim son May 2016 #67

Here is one incident from 1986 csziggy May 2016 #12

"He had shown an astonishing sensitivity for human life" KansDem May 2016 #13

Yet another animal is killed because of stupid humans. avebury May 2016 #14

This is why wild animals Jake2413 May 2016 #16

Yes, Gorillas are doing so well in their natural habitat. EL34x4 May 2016 #22

+1 okieinpain May 2016 #26

Fucking tragic. blackspade May 2016 #17

It's an elaborate maze JesterCS May 2016 #18

Likely someone filmed at least some part of the ten minutes the gorilla was No Vested Interest May 2016 #19

When I talk to parents of toddlers about safety... 3catwoman3 May 2016 #27

Our toddler was mesmerized by the cars on the highway tavernier May 2016 #75

Two parties at fault here keithbvadu2 May 2016 #20

Grrrrr.....stories like this tick me off to no end. Coventina May 2016 #21

...!100++++ 840high May 2016 #25

Video and photo of the incident available at No Vested Interest May 2016 #23

Photo Liberal_in_LA May 2016 #47

I think they had to shoot him. The male Gorilla had the kid for about 10 minutes & was agitated. Sunlei May 2016 #24

not the vid I saw---big male gorilla was protecting child wordpix May 2016 #70

In this video it looks like the Gorilla is going to drown the boy if he doesn't rip his limbs off. braddy May 2016 #76

That animal's entire world was contained in that small area. That was everything it had, everything. Judi Lynn May 2016 #29

^^^+++ nt hopemountain May 2016 #31

Why did they have to kill him? Where were the parents while the kid was onecaliberal May 2016 #32

This poor Gorilla. The parents are responsible all the way around. glinda May 2016 #36

I bet the parents sue Liberal_in_LA May 2016 #48

Yes, the parents will sue and win rusty fender May 2016 #60

There is no way that gorrilla was a threat. Jnclr89 May 2016 #41

This could have gone either way catchnrelease May 2016 #42

Thank you for that explanation. hedgehog May 2016 #72

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You would never want to use a weak assault rifle, you want a powerful rifle, a hunting rifle. braddy May 2016 #52

Apparently Gorilla was protecting the child. glinda May 2016 #62

the video shows this is true - gorilla actually propped up child to get him out of water wordpix May 2016 #69

And gorillas are not normally violent species. LisaL May 2016 #71

Another example of some parents not paying attention to their kids Third Doctor May 2016 #46

I would sue the parents for failure to control sinkingfeeling May 2016 #49

I have been gorilla trekking and think the shooting was unnecessary. Glimmer of Hope May 2016 #50

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I saw first hand that you can calm a gorilla in a wild jungle. Surely a zoo keeper can calm Glimmer of Hope May 2016 #56

Almost no Western lowland gorillas left...and teeming billions of humans. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #53

A magnificent animal, destroyed on account of poor parenting. Paladin May 2016 #55

The mother is 100% responsible for her child getting injured and the death of avebury May 2016 #57

Thank you. I feel the same. BuelahWitch May 2016 #58

My feelings exactly. LisaL May 2016 #59

A beautiful animal dies for a human's negligent parenting Blandocyte May 2016 #63

All of you folks.. sendero May 2016 #66

None of mine ended up in a zoo animal's sphere of influence Blandocyte May 2016 #83

Arrgh. The mother thanks "the Lord" for keeping her kid safe. mainer May 2016 #64

Just what I was going to post when I read that - right down to the 'arrgh'. muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #73

Interesting take in that article: the zookeepers THWARTED the will of God mainer May 2016 #74

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"I'll bet the Cincinnati Zoo has plans in place to handle these incidents." mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #79

Once the gorilla took the child, there was no way back jman0war May 2016 #80

The Cincinnatti Enquirer is covering all angles of this story mnhtnbb May 2016 #81

Good. Thanks for that link. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #82

Cincinnati gorilla killing: Police investigating parents of boy mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 #84

I'm not happy with the outcome either. hamsterjill Jun 2016 #85

When a toddler fell into a zoo enclosure 20 years ago, he was saved — by a gorilla mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 #86