Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 27 Posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1367 times:
I wonder why the parents or caretaker let the kid even cross the barrier.. Sad that the kid is dead, but his own stupidity caused it.. It's not like he was too young to understand that it was not right either!!13! geez..
Why this kind of thing makes headlines, I don't know..
Well, it's better reading then the Stuper Bowl..
Chris
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L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62 Reply 1, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1355 times:
Sorry but I am going to have to rack this up to a Darwin Award.
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Jake056 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 291 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1350 times:
How is it even possible to get into an animal's exhibit?????
I'm sure there is more to the story. Perhaps the child had some mental problem? At least that would provide some explanation. Very sad.
A true horror if some "responsible" adult with a video camera was urging, "get closer and give it the mango."
Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 27 Reply 3, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1329 times:
Quoting Jake056 (Reply 2): Perhaps the child had some mental problem? At least that would provide some explanation.
If that's the case, then it raises more questions then it answered. Why was he allowed to get anywhere near the border of the exhibit????? Why wasn't there adequate supervision?!?!
But I guess unless more details are let out we'll never know..
Quoting L-188 (Reply 1): Sorry but I am going to have to rack this up to a Darwin Award.
Chris
Lets do some sexy math. We add you, subtract your clothes, divide your legs and multiply
AerorobNZ From Rwanda, joined Feb 2001, 6328 posts, RR: 14 Reply 4, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1278 times:
Quoting Jake056 (Reply 2): How is it even possible to get into an animal's exhibit?????
Once you see the zoos down that part of the world you'll see it wouldn't have been too difficult to get in. It's pleasing to see the cogs of the natural world/natural selection in action. That should be all the reason for the event happening that we need.
Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Reply 7, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1246 times:
Mammoths are extinct. Had they had a Mammoth on exhibit instead of an elephant, this wouldn't have happened. Since Mammoths are extinct, there wouldn't have been a Mammoth inside the Mammoth display, so the kid would be fine.
Here's a Mammoth for you:
Soren
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PROSA From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5439 posts, RR: 5 Reply 9, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1210 times:
Quoting Jake056 (Reply 2): How is it even possible to get into an animal's exhibit?????
I'm sure there is more to the story. Perhaps the child had some mental problem? At least that would provide some explanation. Very sad.
The zoo was in Paraguay, and I suspect it didn't have the same sort of safety measures that you'd see at a similar facility in the (heavily regulated and lawsuit-happy) United States.
People don't think of elephants as intrinsically dangerous, the way they would think of lions or bears, for example.
"Let me think about it" = the coward's way of saying "no"
Scott2187 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 304 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1194 times:
Quoting Jwenting (Reply 5): how long until the zoo gets sued for a few billion dollars?
i was actually thinking that as soon as i read the article.
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Flyboy36y From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 3039 posts, RR: 8 Reply 14, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1062 times:
Quoting Jwenting (Reply 5): how long until the zoo gets sued for a few billion dollars?
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