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Originally Posted by smudgie

Poor Harambe, such an awful shame that he had to be killed.

Now, if the Zoo took more care to protect its animals and its customers this would not have happened.
You have to ask yourself, if a little 4 year old can gain access to a Gorilla enclosure are their tight enough controls.
As to the parents, you can't keep your eye on a child every second on a day out, you can't stick them in a straight jacket either, they need to be able to walk around and explore safely in a public place like a Zoo or a park.

Those bolded words say it all. Animals in zoos and safari parks need to be protected from things like this happening. You're right, children need to be able to run about and explore in places like this without tragic incident to either child or animal.

The zoo is completely responsible for this sad outcome.