Gorilla shot dead to save toddler who fell into zoo enclosure


World | 207676 hits | May 29 10:29 am | Posted by: N_Fiddledog
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The Cincinnati Zoo has temporarily closed its gorilla exhibit after a special zoo response team shot and killed a 17-year-old gorilla that grabbed and dragged a 4-year-old boy who fell into a moat.

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  1. by avatar andyt
    Sun May 29, 2016 6:17 pm
    What a shame. Toddlers should not be able to fall into animal enclosures. What if there were lions or such in there.

  2. by avatar N_Fiddledog
    Sun May 29, 2016 6:57 pm
    Hard to say. Why don't you hop on the bus out to the Aldergrove game farm, jump the fence at the Big Cats enclosure and tell us how it works out for you. :wink:

  3. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Sun May 29, 2016 8:41 pm
    You want the cats to develop sepsis? People care about those big cats.

  4. by avatar N_Fiddledog
    Sun May 29, 2016 8:59 pm
    There's video now.


  5. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Mon May 30, 2016 12:38 am
    They should have shot the parent and let the gorilla raise the kid. Much better parenting skills. :evil:

  6. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon May 30, 2016 1:23 pm
    Yet another reason to get rid of zoos in favour of wildlife sanctuaries.

  7. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Mon May 30, 2016 2:25 pm
    Unfortunately the gorillas will continue to decline as they and their habitats are destroyed in Africa by farmers and poachers. Governments have to be a little more proactive and aggressive in protecting both.

  8. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon May 30, 2016 2:31 pm
    "ShepherdsDog" said
    Unfortunately the gorillas will continue to decline as they and their habitats are destroyed in Africa by farmers and poachers. Governments have to be a little more proactive and aggressive in protecting both.


    The DR Congo has a parks division that is armed and tasked with protecting mountain gorillas. But very much underfunded. :(


  9. by Lemmy
    Mon May 30, 2016 2:42 pm
    "ShepherdsDog" said
    Unfortunately the gorillas will continue to decline as they and their habitats are destroyed in Africa by farmers and poachers. Governments have to be a little more proactive and aggressive in protecting both.

    Why are there so few whales and so many chickens? Get McDonalds to put gorilla on the menu and their numbers will flourish. If you want to save a species, start eating it. Give it an economic reason to exist.

  10. by avatar andyt
    Mon May 30, 2016 3:01 pm
    Kinda defeats the whole point of keeping wild species alive tho. The world as just one big farm.

  11. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Mon May 30, 2016 3:01 pm

    If you want to save a species, start eating it

    They do eat them in Rwanda and Burundi.

  12. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon May 30, 2016 3:23 pm
    "ShepherdsDog" said

    If you want to save a species, start eating it

    They do eat them in Rwanda and Burundi.


    Only because they haven't discovered chickens.

  13. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Mon May 30, 2016 3:37 pm
    mmm...tastes like gorilla.

  14. by Lemmy
    Mon May 30, 2016 3:47 pm
    "andyt" said
    Kinda defeats the whole point of keeping wild species alive tho. The world as just one big farm.

    You care if the wild species survives?



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