Cincinatti Zoo officials shoot and kill gorilla after child falls into enclosure

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As someone who really, really, really dislikes kids, I can see why choosing the life of some unnamed brat over that of one of the beautiful creatures you know and work with each day would be difficult for some.

Maybe I'm a bad person because of it, but hey, we've all got our priorities.

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As someone who really, really, really dislikes kids, I can see why choosing the life of some unnamed brat over that of one of the beautiful creatures you know and work with each day would be difficult for some.

Maybe I'm a bad person because of it, but hey, we've all got our priorities.

You must have been such a genius as a 4-year old!!

If your "values" are that you'd literally rather see a little kid die because he's stupid or his parents are morons or because the zoo is negligent or because you wish to make some broader point that we are a "peressitic" species, then yes, you are indeed a piece of shlt.

A little emotional there, aren't we.

I don't give a damn about the kid.  The parents are idiots for letting a four-year-old go unwatched at a zoo and if anyone deserves blame for the incident, it's them.

Not saying I'd be a much better parent, but I'm not having kids.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Mind you what happens to animals that do kill humans? They get put down. If that kid was dead the gorilla would be dead or soon to be dead as well. You seriously think a zoo would allow a gorilla that killed a four year old to remain in an exhibit?

I mean, Tilikum the orca has killed three people at Sea World and is still alive and performing (though he is being retired soon).  Sea World in general is pretty terrible, though.

Anyway, here's my whole take on this: The videos only give us part of what happened because the incident was not recorded in its entirety.  The gorilla may have killed the child had the zoo not taken him out, but it's also possible he was trying to protect the child as there is a famous case in which that has happened.  I'm no zoologist, but I don't think that gorillas are inherently violent.  That being said, we kind of have to trust the zoo's judgment on this because they witnessed the whole thing.  It's still a sad situation.

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As someone who really, really, really dislikes kids, I can see why choosing the life of some unnamed brat over that of one of the beautiful creatures you know and work with each day would be difficult for some.

Maybe I'm a bad person because of it, but hey, we've all got our priorities.

Says the man who wanted to be a pastor.

Yeah, I nixed that decision.

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How did the little bastard fall in that enclosure so easily, anyway?  Was the barrier right there on display for any small child to enter if they wished?

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#DicksOutForHarambe

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Sometimes the ends justify the memes.

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This isn't the meme thread I was hoping for.

In all seriousness, I didn't actually want the kid to die, either.*  I'm just an asshole and a pessimist and I own up to that, but I'm not a nihilist.  And it's probably a safe bet to assume that the zoo made the right call simply because they were actually on the scene and had a better understanding of the situation at hand.  There have been cases where gorillas were recorded helping infants and protecting them from harm.  This was not one of those cases, unfortunately.  Let's not reduce this to a trolley exercise.

*This doesn't mean I have to like the kid.  Or kids in general, for that matter.

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Harambe's legacy lives on.