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Zoo Attack in Pittsburgh
Mister Kyle:
I hope the mother knows it's her fault and never forgets it. No remorse for stupidity.
Pacman Syu:
--- Quote from: Kevin on November 05, 2012, 07:25:09 pm ---Heard this on the news ... I think if I were one of the parents I would be traumatized for the rest of my life. How can you live with that guilt - and there's no way any parent wouldn't blame themselves for this.
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Yep... I just wonder what she was thinking. It just sounds mindless to me. Either way my heart goes out to her.
Wind_Arcus:
--- Quote from: Pacman Syu on November 05, 2012, 11:40:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kevin on November 05, 2012, 07:25:09 pm ---Heard this on the news ... I think if I were one of the parents I would be traumatized for the rest of my life. How can you live with that guilt - and there's no way any parent wouldn't blame themselves for this.
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Yep... I just wonder what she was thinking. It just sounds mindless to me. Either way my heart goes out to her.
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I'm just wondering how the father feels. Considering his wife "basically" killed his son by accident.
Rachellove9:
Update so far is that the dogs will not be put down.
The exhibit is closed til Spring and may or may not reopen.
Have not seen the mother or father yet on the news.
A lady that works with the mom came on and said that she was a good mother.
They showed a picture of the little boy tonight and that was really sad.
The zoo had an inspection in Sept and had gotten an outstanding rating.
They are going to be reinspected now to check on if they did something wrong.
They had three eyewitnesses talk about what they saw but they didn't show faces.
They will likely have to be in court at some point.
The boy was alive when he was mauled by the dogs.
So legally the zoo could be charged for his death.
No one can make that mother feel worse than she will make herself feel.
It showed their home with a little truck on the porch and flowers that the neighbors had left.
It said family and friends were with them at the zoo.
The father arrived from what I could tell shortly after the attack ended.
It was their only child.
People are blaming the zookeepers for not going in to save the boy.
They shot the animals with tranquilizers and threw shovels and rakes to distract them.
It wasn't safe for them to go in and there would of been more fatalities.
It all happened in less than 5 minutes and the zookeeper was like 10 feet away from the cage when it began.
No parent is flawless or free from making mistakes.
Wind_Arcus:
I also don't think the Zoo should be charged for this, as you already said, they did everything in there power to safely distract the dogs without more fatality's. This was just a big mistake.