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

[DemPGH]

Yes, the correct decision was made. There are other issues in play, but yes, the crux of the issue is that a child was being dragged off by a gorilla, and the answer is pretty clear. That boy is very fortunate the gorilla didn't grab him and just snap him in two, or worse.

[DemPGH]

To tell the truth, seeing that gorilla drag the child through the water and around like a rag doll gives me chills. How's this even a question? Blame the zoo for for having a barrier so shoddy that in seconds a boy that age could breach it if you're going to blame anyone. If the mother could be distracted for a few seconds and her son fall into that pit, then the zoo failed to provide a properly safe enclosure. Gorillas and certainly chimps are not to be messed with. And I can't emphasize, sorry.

Bottlenose dolphins will actually protect human beings, despite being predators themselves; perhaps they see us as mammals similar to themselves - IDK (with their sonar they can see our internal organs, and they are particularly curious about pregnant women). My empathy is acute for them when the Japanese inhumanely hunt them down. . . for food! (Ugh a hundred times over, I'd never eat dolphin meat).

[DemPGH]

Don't see it anywhere, but the mother was, in fact, cleared today, which I think is the right thing to do. If they have not already, hopefully the zoo will take precautions to make it harder for a toddler to gain access that easily to a gorilla's enclosure.