There should be NO Zoos...Animals are not here for us to put on Exhibit for our own pleasure. They share the planet with us and just trying to survive as with any other creature.
The childs parents are to blame. A beautiful creature died because of Careless human behavior.
Someday only pictures of such amazing creatures will be the only proof of the Existence of such an amazing Primate.
We are to blame!
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It's a sad event but animal life shouldn't be prioritize over human.
Funny how a story spins around I bet you could set up a go fund me for the gorillas family right now and get donations.
LOL so true. The poor Gorilla really didn't do anything to get its life ended, it was just a freak accident and lead to it dying. Is it fair? No, it isn't. But these people being ignorantly racist against whites are a bigger problem than a kid falling into a gorilla cage.
It's an unfortunate incident all the way around and so tragic that Harambe was killed. In fact You can't risk it, we can't have a killer gorilla. The parents of this child need to be held accountable.
^^^The gorilla (Harambe) was clearly protecting the kid, as anyone with an IQ of more than 60 could notice. It seems to me that the Cincinnati zoo authorities used this incident as an opportunity to kill the gorilla for some hidden reason. Either they are unbelievably incompetent, or they were predetermined to kill the animal.
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Astonishing new footage how Harambe the gorilla was protecting a four-year-old boy who fell into his cage - minutes before he was shot dead.
Moments later, the gorilla was fatally shot in a bid to protect the boy, Isaiah, who had fallen 12 feet into the enclosure.
Harambe, a 17-year-old silverback gorilla, was shot dead by Cincinnati Zoo zookeepers who feared for the child's safety.
However, eyewitnesses to the incident on Saturday have claimed the gorilla was showing no aggressive behaviour towards the boy.
It is claimed that screams from those watching the unfolding situation panicked Harambe, causing him to drag Isaiah at a quick speed across the water.
Moments later, the gorilla was fatally shot in a bid to protect the boy, Isaiah, who had fallen 12 feet into the enclosure.
Harambe, a 17-year-old silverback gorilla, was shot dead by Cincinnati Zoo zookeepers who feared for the child's safety.
However, eyewitnesses to the incident on Saturday have claimed the gorilla was showing no aggressive behaviour towards the boy.
It is claimed that screams from those watching the unfolding situation panicked Harambe, causing him to drag Isaiah at a quick speed across the water.
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Speaking to Mirror Online, ape expert Dr Emily Bethell, a senior lecturer in Primate Behaviour at Liverpool John Moores University, revealed that the gorilla’s body language showed he was NOT threatening the child.
Dr Bethell said: “He was clearly being protective towards the boy."
“There were no signs of the gorilla being aggressive in the sense that he wanted to hurt the boy or anything like that."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/astonishing-new-footage-shows-gorilla-8082168
The panic created this situation.
I believe the zoo should be able to resolve issues of this nature without loss of life.
This is sad 
I think that if the parent of the kid had been a lot more responsible none of these should've happened. I mean, how did the kid get in there in the first place? The zoo may not have a lot of options in this situation, considering how small the kid is, he would've been injured worse even if the gorilla didn't have any intention of hurting him. RIP harambe
I think that if the parent of the kid had been a lot more responsible none of these should've happened. I mean, how did the kid get in there in the first place? The zoo may not have a lot of options in this situation, considering how small the kid is, he would've been injured worse even if the gorilla didn't have any intention of hurting him. RIP harambe 
After I Saw This on TV, Tears drop from my eyes.
Very sad. They kill gorilla. I hope one day planet of apes type thing will happen or animals will fight with human for their rights.
Very sad. They kill gorilla. I hope one day planet of apes type thing will happen or animals will fight with human for their rights.
So rather than kill just one gorilla, you'd like to see a wholesale slaughter of millions of gorillas? After I read your post, tears drop from my eyes too. I hope one day humans will be able to separate reality from science fiction.
It is pretty messed it up that so many are outraged about the animal being shot but no one's outraged that we lock up the animals for entertainment.
That is an entirely different matter, and you can't justify the murder of one animal by bringing up this issue. Most of the zoo animals were born in captivity, and they have near-zero chances of survival in the wild. They lack the necessary skills. Also, zoos generate a lot of revenue, which is used for the conservation of wild animals and the protection of their environment.
When you take your children the zoo.. You take them to see the animals because you want to see your children's faces and expressions when they see these animals they never seen before..
You don't take them the zoo and leave your children to look around by them selves if under 10 so you can look at the animals and not worry about your child..
I would of fined the family of this child..So sad to loose this gorilla we never know if it would of done
any serious damage to this child..But it was the right choice to shoot the gorilla dead..
It's could of ripped the child in half so easily..No animal is worth more than a child's life..
Felt sick when i heard it got shot dead so sad But worst thing is that people felt more for the gorilla than the child even i felt sorry more for the gorilla at first so i am guilty..SO WRONG..
Why i say this is because we hear of children getting abused blew up shot even dogs killing children every day But a gorilla seem to hurt more..Strange do you think it's because we know what humans are capable of..
News gorilla shot dead...everyone goes nuts all out protesting...
News child gets shot in the cross fire of gang dispute..everyone goes arrrr then carry on with there lives..Gorilla the world goes crazy..
You don't take them the zoo and leave your children to look around by them selves if under 10 so you can look at the animals and not worry about your child..
I would of fined the family of this child..So sad to loose this gorilla we never know if it would of done
any serious damage to this child..But it was the right choice to shoot the gorilla dead..
It's could of ripped the child in half so easily..No animal is worth more than a child's life..
Felt sick when i heard it got shot dead so sad But worst thing is that people felt more for the gorilla than the child even i felt sorry more for the gorilla at first so i am guilty..SO WRONG..
Why i say this is because we hear of children getting abused blew up shot even dogs killing children every day But a gorilla seem to hurt more..Strange do you think it's because we know what humans are capable of..
News gorilla shot dead...everyone goes nuts all out protesting...
News child gets shot in the cross fire of gang dispute..everyone goes arrrr then carry on with there lives..Gorilla the world goes crazy..
It is pretty messed it up that so many are outraged about the animal being shot but no one's outraged that we lock up the animals for entertainment.
After I Saw This on TV, Tears drop from my eyes.
Very sad. They kill gorilla. I hope one day planet of apes type thing will happen or animals will fight with human for their rights.
Very sad. They kill gorilla. I hope one day planet of apes type thing will happen or animals will fight with human for their rights.
the blacks sided with the dead gorilla when they assumed the kid was white, now that they found out he was black they accuse those who critisise the parents of "racism", you couldn't make this stuff up
I'll be blaming the zoo. They should be fully insulating the gorilla from any possibility of morons getting close to it. And I wouldn't care any more or less if it was a small cracker.
50% of the blame is with the zoo, and the rest is with the parents. The zoo authorities made mistakes twice. First, they failed in fully isolating the enclosure. Second, they used live fire to kill the animal, when it was possible to tranquilize him and save the kid. The authorities are claiming that tranquilizer would have taken a few extra minutes to act on the animal. But the kid was in the enclosure for more than 10 minutes. The zoo authorities were not doing anything during that period.
I'll be blaming the zoo. They should be fully insulating the gorilla from any possibility of morons getting close to it. And I wouldn't care any more or less if it was a small cracker.
I was not making any slight of hand or hidden objective at pointing out the child was black other than to show how many people on twitter where attacking white parents thinking the kid was white. Thought it was pretty funny to get so worked up over something that was wrong. Not a racial thing for me at all,just thought I needed to address it. 
Its surely Parents carelessness and they should be penalized for the same but do agree with the action by the Police in such a situation where an innocent child or human life is in danger irrespective of his race
https://www.change.org/t/harambe-en-us?source_location=homepage
Four petitions are listed, Justice for Harambe has 469,416 supporters at this time:
We the undersigned believe that the child would not have been able to enter the enclosure under proper parental supervision. Witnesses claim that they heard the child state that he wished to go into the enclosure and was actively trying to breach the barriers. This should have prompted the parents to immediately remove the child from the vicinity. It is believed that the situation was caused by parental negligence and the zoo is not responsible for the child's injuries and possible trauma. We the undersigned want the parents to be held accountable for the lack of supervision and negligence that caused Harambe to lose his life.
Four petitions are listed, Justice for Harambe has 469,416 supporters at this time:
We the undersigned believe that the child would not have been able to enter the enclosure under proper parental supervision. Witnesses claim that they heard the child state that he wished to go into the enclosure and was actively trying to breach the barriers. This should have prompted the parents to immediately remove the child from the vicinity. It is believed that the situation was caused by parental negligence and the zoo is not responsible for the child's injuries and possible trauma. We the undersigned want the parents to be held accountable for the lack of supervision and negligence that caused Harambe to lose his life.
This idea that a animal is worth more than a human being is something that has been building momentum in the last say 20 years.
At least in this case, the life of the animal was worth much more than the life of the human being. There are more than 7 billion human beings in the world, and on average 200,000 of them die every day. On the other hand, there are only a few tens of thousands of western lowland gorillas remaining in the world. In short, the life of this living being:
is worth much more than the life of these subhumans:
Outside from the obvious facts of endagering the kids life.
I choose the gorilla whos endangered animal vs another person taking up space as well lol.
I feel like the mom needs to pay a serious fine though for some negligence.
The mother of the child should be charged and pay for the cost of disposing of the gorilla and for the cost of getting a new one.
Zoo should bill her for the replacement Gorilla.
It was not an accident. The mother was negligent.
Zoo should bill her for the replacement Gorilla.
It was not an accident. The mother was negligent.
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