Today Harambe the Gorilla was killed at the Cinci Zoo in Ohio because a child disappeared from his mother's eye sight for a few seconds and managed to climb over a barrier which consisted of rails and wire before falling into the Gorilla's habitat.
Every species in the world is going to protect their young. It's one of the laws of nature. Whether it's humans or animals. The problem is that the gorillas shouldn't have been there in the first place. We take pleasure in entertainment from confining these wild beautiful creatures to an environment that is best for viewing and making money. If we can stop being such a selfish race thinking that everything on this planet belongs to us then situations like this wouldn't happen. I'm a huge animal rights person, so unfortunately to some of you I am going to let you down and say there is someone to blame for this. We cannot blame a zoo for poor parenting. There are going to be no animals left in this world if we continue to wipe them out since we seem to think the human race must always come first.
You always have to get down to the root cause of accidents. People keep asking "Why" until they get to a cingular point that is the single "thing" that caused the accident. In this case, it boils down to the parents failing to keep proper control of a small child. Period. Everything else is contributing factors. The parents should be held financially and legally responsible for the actions of their child...even though this isn't "fashionable" today. Sad to say it's very typical millennial parenting for a large percentage of parents (not all) example "let the child discover" "blame someone WHEN it all goes wrong" "sue everyone you see!" There are inescapable life lessons here. First and foremost, CONTROL YOUR small children because they are the children, and the parents are the adults. Second, don't mess with a wild animal! Third, the zoo and city should immediately take legal action against the parents for the loss of the valuable animal. Don't get me wrong, I am glad the child is okay, but that DOESN'T negate accountability for his protection and the parents are singularly responsible and accountable for this.
I've heard, sue the zoo for
the poor enclosure. Wrong again. There was never a problem or incident with
this part of the zoo until today.
I've read "Make the
parents have to buy another gorilla to replace him." Comments like this
really don't come any more uneducated or daft to the actual problem now do
they? Really???? BUY ANOTHER GORILLA?!?! Are they insane!?? These are clearly
the families that take their kids to seaworld because they have to entertain
their children by watching beautiful majestic sea creatures swim in a
trapped confined tank.
When do parents actually take
the blame or have to take the blame for not being good parents? This is what is
wrong in our world today. We can never admit we screwed up. Well this screw
ended up costing an endangered species his life, and that screw up is no lose
your child at the supermarket "oops". I get it kids disappear in the
blink of an eye. I've had it happen as a babysitter and even when I was
watching my own brother. But this was a ZOO folks, filled with WILD animals.
It's the one place parents are expected to be parents and actually watch their
kids. It's not the zoo's job to provide day care!
This is just another case of a
killing of an innocent captive animal. Humanity is severely lacking in our
approach to animals and how we exist with them. This type of outcry that
"the parents didn't do anything wrong and deserve no punishment" is
like saying that a kid who runs out between cars and gets hit by a car, it's
the drivers fault automatically not the parents. (SO wrong but happens all the
time never the parents fault)
We live in a society where
"Parents" are to preoccupied to be parents. They live their kids in
cars all day and roast them alive, they leave them unattended, and then cry why
why!?
I'm tired of passing the blame for ineptitude. The parents are at fault. I am happy the child wasn't harmed, but do feel the zoo should sue the parents for having to kill an endangered species. Agree to disagree.
