This.
Immediately.
In fact, let all the gorillas beat the shit out of this wonderful “mom” who somehow lost her 4-year old child long enough for the kid to breach an enclosure that had not been entered in 38 years the zoo has been open.
my guess is she had her head buried into her cellphone, playing candy crush or posting a message to her facebook page, telling all of her friends what a great mom she is by taking her spawn to the zoo.
I wonder how many “You go girl!”, “You’re a super-mom!” and “thumbs-up” she got right before they shot the gorilla.
My prediction:
- Mom starts a “Go Fund Me” page for charitable contributions (to ease her trauma)
- she sues the Cincinnati Zoo for permitting her kid climb the fence and enter the enclosure.
I am amazed at the responses in here defending the mother. Did anyone read the article? Cincinnati Zoo has never had a breach of that (or any other enclosure) for 38 years. I’d say that it was a reasonably safe place to take a child. The mother and child “discussed” him going into the water. Clearly, he announced his intentions, and instead of PAYING ATTENTION TO HER KID, a gorilla is shot.
I saw a video, and that looked to me as if the gorilla was being protective. Now, that doesn’t mean the gorilla wouldn’t have ripped the kid’s arm from his body, but I didn’t see a crazed animal pounding the kid apart.
I can understand why the zoo would not want to roll the dice and take the chance. So they made the only choice they thought was an option.
Unless there is a gaping hole that this kid could walk through (aside from the one in mom’s head), I think I can confidently state that this parent wasn’t paying attention. No mention of any “dad”, so it would appear she was solely responsible.
Anyone here defending this twit either hasn’t been outside in the last 15 years, or is defending her because they have their head buried in their cellphones, too. My personal observations since it was decided from on-high that every mouth-breathing fucktard is entitled to a smart phone is that people pay little to no attention to their vile offspring(s) for large swaths of time. God knows, they can’t miss a “tweet” or check what their FB “friends” are lying about, or get the latest sports scores.
Those pics upthread with the child leashes are a perfect solution to the inattentive “parent”. Gotta love 'merica!
To paraphrase Keanu Reeves (from Parenthood). You need a license to drive a car, own a dog… Hell, you need a license to catch a fish. But they will let any asshole be a parent.