mackay 3,044 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 All the jokes aside, levelling the blame wherever, parents, zoo etc. The minute that kid was in that enclosure the gorilla was on borrowed time. I don't think there was a genuine viable alternative. I doubt there would have been the same outpouring of grief and pages of condolence if it was the kid that was dead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 I'm not a fan of apes or monkeys as all they seem to do is play with themselves or stick their fingers up their bum. It was a captive gorilla which seems like a pretty shit life but that's all it knew, then one day it gets shot for doing exactly the same as it has done for the last 17 years.The same thing it's done for 17 years? LOL. I didn't realise the gorilla had kids over on a regular basis.lol You know what I mean JB. It got up, did the usual stuff, then whether you blame the zoo for lack of suitable precautions of the gormless parent who didn't think the kid needed extra supervision after it had said it wanted to climb in there, it was put in an unwinnable situation through no fault of it's own. Absolutely the right decision to shoot it. Absolutely wrong it was put in that situation in the first place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,665 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 The parents are getting hassle on social media,as for the gorilla well a clean head shot is preferable to having your hands hacked off with a rusty machete and sold as a sun dried delicacy in the local bush meat market. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,183 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Also can't help but laugh at the folk sayin they would have jumped in with the silver back gorilla.[/quoteYou laugh away,I can't swim ,but if one of my kids ended up in water I wouldn't hesitate in jumping in,if one of my kids is in distress or trouble ,I'm not going to stand there wailing my head off,I'm going to be right by their side,an if anyone's going to get hurt it will be me first. I really don't see how that's hard to comprehend! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Amazing THL so it is. I'd quite understand the debate on some lunatic vegan page but I do struggle to get my head around the debate on here. Most of us have no problem pulling the trigger whether it be to put food on the table, vermin control or trophy hunting but we can't agree on that the safety of a child comes first. Unreal!!! 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Let's hope you never ever get put in a situation where you have to make the choice to fight a silver back gorilla. Don't want another dead gorillaFpmsl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,183 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Let's hope you never ever get put in a situation where you have to make the choice to fight a silver back gorilla. Don't want another dead gorilla its no testosterone thing, ive no doubt the gorilla would rip me a new arse hole,end of the day, I'd still do it.if I didn't and just stood there I wouldn't be able to live with it/myself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,665 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Its like a primate version of cecil the lion all over again. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Amazing THL so it is. I'd quite understand the debate on some lunatic vegan page but I do struggle to get my head around the debate on here. Most of us have no problem pulling the trigger whether it be to put food on the table, vermin control or trophy hunting but we can't agree on that the safety of a child comes first. Unreal!!!There would never be a winner. If they hadn't shot it and it killed the child there would be outrage it wasn't shot. It's a captive gorilla it's dead. Who really cares they have another 9 to show Pretty much how I see it. I'd have felt a hell of a lot sadder if it decided to smash the wee boy of the ground like a bit bamboo. Why don't they just stuff it now, make a shrine to it. You'll have every f***ing idiot in the country coming to give it a hug. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,587 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 I'm not a fan of apes or monkeys as all they seem to do is play with themselves or stick their fingers up their bum. It was a captive gorilla which seems like a pretty shit life but that's all it knew, then one day it gets shot for doing exactly the same as it has done for the last 17 years.The same thing it's done for 17 years? LOL. I didn't realise the gorilla had kids over on a regular basis.lol You know what I mean JB. It got up, did the usual stuff, then whether you blame the zoo for lack of suitable precautions of the gormless parent who didn't think the kid needed extra supervision after it had said it wanted to climb in there, it was put in an unwinnable situation through no fault of it's own. Absolutely the right decision to shoot it. Absolutely wrong it was put in that situation in the first place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,622 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Amazing THL so it is. I'd quite understand the debate on some lunatic vegan page but I do struggle to get my head around the debate on here. Most of us have no problem pulling the trigger whether it be to put food on the table, vermin control or trophy hunting but we can't agree on that the safety of a child comes first. Unreal!!! Don't start that one again! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,602 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) I honestly cant believe some folks views on this,its funny in a way how we hear folk say things like " my dog would only have to bare its teeth to my kid and it would be in the ground "......yet they would take a chance on a silverback gorilla it beggars belief that any sane person would think twice about putting a bullet in the big monkeys head in that type of scenario ! Edited June 1, 2016 by gnasher16 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,170 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Only the lefty liberals with no kids and animal right loonies would let the monkey kill the child then have a go at the parents 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Francie 6,362 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 ell said gnash an len. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny boy68 11,725 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 I'm not a fan of apes or monkeys as all they seem to do is play with themselves or stick their fingers up their bum. It was a captive gorilla which seems like a pretty shit life but that's all it knew, then one day it gets shot for doing exactly the same as it has done for the last 17 years.The same thing it's done for 17 years? LOL. I didn't realise the gorilla had kids over on a regular basis.lol You know what I mean JB. It got up, did the usual stuff, then whether you blame the zoo for lack of suitable precautions of the gormless parent who didn't think the kid needed extra supervision after it had said it wanted to climb in there, it was put in an unwinnable situation through no fault of it's own. Absolutely the right decision to shoot it. Absolutely wrong it was put in that situation in the first place. LOL. Yeh knew what you meant, just messing with you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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