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

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I imagine that shooting the gorilla while it was holding a baby was pretty dangerous in itself.

I'm not an expert, but wouldn't it be safer to shot the gorriba with sedatives. Isn't that usually a case?

I don't consider myself qualified to pass a judgement who was more responsible for this incident, but there's something terribly wrong if such thing could happen.

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I imagine that shooting the gorilla while it was holding a baby was pretty dangerous in itself.

I'm not an expert, but wouldn't it be safer to shot the gorriba with sedatives. Isn't that usually a case?

I don't consider myself qualified to pass a judgement who was more responsible for this incident, but there's something terribly wrong if such thing could happen.

From what I've read the sedative would've taken 5 to 10 minutes before the gorilla was out. With the gorilla violently dragging the kid around, waiting 5 to 10 minutes wasn't really much of an option.

Yes, there was no other option. What's most regretable is not the fact they had to shoot gorilla (who would take a risk with a kid's life threatened?), but the fact such situation was allowed to happen in the first place. Someone's obviously at fault, whether it's a casual carelessness or a fundamental flaw in the security. The kid was put at mortal danger and, I imagine, suffered a big trauma, and the gorilla had to be killed. It didn't have to happen.

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FWIW, the child is reportedly doing well. But the facts are, it is indeed possible that nobody is at fault for this.

Well, at least there must be something wrong with the security system if this could happen so yes, someone is at fault.

ZOO is responsible to safety. Parents are responsible for their children.