First off, before I get into my rant, I would like express that I AM an animal lover. But when it comes to a four year olds life possibly being endangered, you have to take whatever action you can to protect this young, precious life. This child is so young he has not even experienced what it is like to be in school, what it is like to ride a school bus, what it is like to make friends and a girlfriend. Never mind the chance to go to prom, or get married and have children of his own. He may not even be potty trained!
Yes, this was a horrific incident, but what is even more horrifying to me is that everyone is so quick to judge the parents of this child. Was any one of you who is judging the parents there? NO! This woman had enough trauma with dealing with her son being stuck with something that was more than 100 times his weight.
People all around the world are using any means of social media to bash this woman. Some even went to the lengths to state " they should have let the boy die." ARE YOU KIDDING ME !?!? I am too saddened by the gorillas death. But the truth is, it was a parents mistake key word MISTAKE. And with all honestly, the responsibility falls completely on the zoo. Who has such a large animal with such a short barricade? And for those of you ready to bash me for somehow knowing the heights of this barricade, you better rethink. I have done my research. Not only that, my friend recently went to a local zoo with her almost three year old son as a chaperone, and expressed the concerns of how unsafe the barricades are with one child, never mind keeping your eye on more than one
child.
If any of you know what its like to not only watch ONE four year old, but multiple young children, it can get chaotic at times. How is a mother who has multiple kids supposed to keep her eye on ONE child? For those of you who are clearly inexperienced in watching children, especially children that young, they are not only determined, but FAST. This is coming from someone who has nannied children for over 10 years.
my recent nannying was with twins, who just turned two. And even with children that young, they are extremely speedy. Taking them outside proved to give myself a workout chasing after both! I wouldn't change it for the world though because i love them. And this woman had more than 2 children of young ages. That being said, i have two animals, a dog, and a cat who i love dearly, as if they were my own children. If I thought for a moment the children I nannied, or others were in danger of my dog attacking I would chose the child's life first. Again i am an animal lover, I don't even eat meat.
Do you not think it was this mother's most terrifying moment of her life? Her young child in the arms of a 400 pound gorilla, dragging him around his mote like a puppet? Now if this were an adult that landed in this situation, that would be different.
But I am just extremely angered and horrified of people who are making these horrible comments about this person they do not even know. I am ashamed to be in this community of all these horrid comments and judgements. The bible, in the book of John states "He who is without sin may throw the first stone." Have any of you done without sin? Have any of you never made a mistake? Exactly. The answer is no, unless of course you are Jesus. SO LEAVE THIS POOR WOMAN ALONE!
