Smellin Coffee said:
The zoo should have had other precautionary measures in place so the entire thing could have been avoided. The perimeter should have been more secure and they should have had an emergency plan in place to save both the animal and person (maybe tranquilizer darts for the gorilla?).
My understanding is that the
didn't use tranquilizer darts deliberately, because they don't take effect immediately and may upset the animal, which could potentially have led to
more danger for the boy.
As
this article on CNN points out, the existing barriers exceed what is required and the boy's breach of them is unprecedented. They should be given the benefit of the doubt; the boy obviously found a way through the barrier that escaped the notice of everyone,
including the inspectors whose job it is to make sure those exploits don't exist.
The bottom line is, this incident isn't the fault of a negligent zoo or neglectful parenting. It's the fault of a four-year-old boy who did what four-year-old-boys do: he disobeyed his mother and ignored the danger warnings.