Toddler falls into gorilla cage at Cincinnati Zoo

[fast]

Several might have. Bystander syndrome would prevent most people in a crowd from taking any action, they’d all be thinking “why doesn’t someone do something?” at the same time.

You are probably right, but

Maybe it is just me, but if I saw a 4-year old climbing into a zoo exhibit, I would definitely be doing something (and have done so in similar type situations) - not waiting for others. Maybe if it was an adult, I'd hang back; but not a child.

I agree, even if I had to endure an ungrateful, "what are you doing with my child?" Like saving him from danger wasn't obvious.

 

[bleubird]

Zoos are obsolete with technology today.Why capture and torture wild animals when we could just have video uplinks?

 

[fast]

Zoos are obsolete with technology today.Why capture and torture wild animals when we could just have video uplinks?

Torture?

 

[bleubird]

Zoos are obsolete with technology today.Why capture and torture wild animals when we could just have video uplinks?

Torture?

http://explore.org/live-cams/player/african-watering-hole-animal-camera
Yes torture.

 

[zorq]

Zoos are obsolete with technology today.Why capture and torture wild animals when we could just have video uplinks?

I think most zoo animals (in developed countries) are healthier and safer than their wild counterparts. I don't think they are being tortured.

But anyway, when was the lat time you have been to a good zoo? You can't smell the manure or hear the flies and butterflies flapping their wings. You can't hear the peacocks call echoing between the trees and off of the walls. You can't feel the slight nausea and exhaustion after too many churros and sun exposure. You can't get licked by a giraffe or cuddle with a koala. You can't respectfully feel the bill of a toucan through a video uplink.

Zoos can be really great and they are so much more than just looking at animals.

 

[Colonel Sanders]

Zoos are obsolete with technology today.Why capture and torture wild animals when we could just have video uplinks?

I think most zoo animals (in developed countries) are healthier and safer than their wild counterparts. I don't think they are being tortured.

But anyway, when was the lat time you have been to a good zoo? You can't smell the manure or hear the flies and butterflies flapping their wings. You can't hear the peacocks call echoing between the trees and off of the walls. You can't feel the slight nausea and exhaustion after too many churros and sun exposure. You can't get licked by a giraffe or cuddle with a koala. You can't respectfully feel the bill of a toucan through a video uplink.

Zoos can be really great and they are so much more than just looking at animals.

I agree. Zoos allow people to see these animals up close and there is probably nothing more effective at instilling in people a respect for them than seeing them live. Also, lots of endangered animals and ones on the brink of extinction are preserved in zoos; put them out in the wild and extinction will result.

 

[ronburgundy]

Although the attacks against are her are ridiculous, it does sound like she had too many young kids she was supervising, especially in that context. It isn't possible to keep close tabs on more than a couple young kids in a setting like that.

Unfortunately, now that she is being attacked and investigated, she will lawyer up, and the lawyer will convince her to go after the zoo.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I think most zoo animals (in developed countries) are healthier and safer than their wild counterparts. I don't think they are being tortured.

But anyway, when was the lat time you have been to a good zoo? You can't smell the manure or hear the flies and butterflies flapping their wings. You can't hear the peacocks call echoing between the trees and off of the walls. You can't feel the slight nausea and exhaustion after too many churros and sun exposure. You can't get licked by a giraffe or cuddle with a koala. You can't respectfully feel the bill of a toucan through a video uplink.

Zoos can be really great and they are so much more than just looking at animals.

I agree. Zoos allow people to see these animals up close and there is probably nothing more effective at instilling in people a respect for them than seeing them live. Also, lots of endangered animals and ones on the brink of extinction are preserved in zoos; put them out in the wild and extinction will result.

I think we are seeing some zoos really push hard on the conservation and preservation angle as zoos are being looked at much more critically in the last ten years.

And while zoos are not torture for animals, there are zoos that need improvements to make the habitats a lot more appropriate for the animals that are in their possession.

 

[Playball40]

Several might have. Bystander syndrome would prevent most people in a crowd from taking any action, they’d all be thinking “why doesn’t someone do something?” at the same time.

You are probably right, but

Maybe it is just me, but if I saw a 4-year old climbing into a zoo exhibit, I would definitely be doing something (and have done so in similar type situations) - not waiting for others. Maybe if it was an adult, I'd hang back; but not a child.

Agree with this. However, I admit when I saw a woman catch fire at a hibatchi restaurant, I found myself absolutely frozen. It was my then 21 year old daughter who called 911.

But a child over a fence, near a road or pool - yes, I move first, think later.

 

[Thomas II]

You are probably right, but

Maybe it is just me, but if I saw a 4-year old climbing into a zoo exhibit, I would definitely be doing something (and have done so in similar type situations) - not waiting for others. Maybe if it was an adult, I'd hang back; but not a child.

Agree with this. However, I admit when I saw a woman catch fire at a hibatchi restaurant, I found myself absolutely frozen. It was my then 21 year old daughter who called 911.

But a child over a fence, near a road or pool - yes, I move first, think later.

I just saw "Real Video: Girl caught on fire in a BBQ restaurant". Was it something like that? What a nightmare!
WARNINGVery disturbing images...)

BTW, I agree about doing something if a child is behaving in a way that would endanger anybody's life.

 

[repoman]

Yeah, don't look that video up. it is WAY more intense than anything I thought would still be on youtube for 2 years. There is a question about what happened in that video as far as safety is concerned, but fuck it not worth the derail.

 

[Juma]

I suspect just about every person that is criticising the mother in this case would also criticise her had she been using a harness

"Child falls half-way into a gorilla exhibit, strangles in leash while gorilla looks on...Film at 11."

What kond of idiotic leash is that? You use a harness of course!

 

[Potoooooooo]

The political cartoons have been ranging from pro-Harambe

to anti-Harambe

to those using the incident for their own ends

 

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