Probably the shear 15ft drop the kid had to get down to reach the water I imagine. That gorilla had been there for nearly 17 years and hadn't found a hole in all reality he was never going to was he. That was his life he knew no different. At the end of the day a stranger was in his home... as my son put it what happened is the equivalent of the police shooting you when someone is pointing their gun at you. That kid should have been better cared for. At 4 my eyes wouldn't have been off my children and when they were my hand would have been holding theirs. It didn't need to happen and the fault lies with the parents for not actually parenting their child.

because gorilla can't squeeze through the fence. Maybe the wild animals should be left in the wild where THEY BELONG. They don't belong in zoos for this to happen

Usualy I dont say very much about something like this but I think for sure something went wrong and for sure changes will be made to prevent it from happening again... For the ones saying the parents are negligent unless you were there and saw the whole thing I do not think you can say very much ... listen to the mother as if she didnt care... put your selves in there shoes how would you of reacted... I am sorry to say that prob 90% of people claming negligent dont have kids and or locked them up in their rooms all the time playing video games.... sorry end of rant .... we are not all perfect but for thise that think they are please wait and see when something happends to you.... it is a sad situation and changes will be made.

Concrete for wild creatures...seriously?! Stupidity if humans is the issue.

Wild animals shouldn't be locked in cages in the first place!!! They are not our property to do with as we idiot humans please!!! They are fellow earthlings who are just as deserving as any other to a safe place to live FREE with their families! Selfish, egotistical humans who overpopulate, pollute, destroy and rape the planet for short-term profitability instead of protecting it for long term sustainability for all species are the cause of all the problems including this scenario where an innocent animal lost his LIFE! The parents should have totally been held accountable and harambe should not have been murdered in his HOME/enclosure.

Because when things like this happen it needs to be evaluated and a solution needs to be found as to how it can be fixed where nothing like this will ever happen again. Whoever agrees with this statement is an ignorant idiot.

BGONE MATT

Like, why cant we just move on and let Harambe rest in piece?

I agree with ya kid

Yeah we should have, Harambe is worth it

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Actually, let us talk about this and not move on from here. The real reason Harambe is dead is because 1 set of parents did not take note of what their child was doing. I am well aware that children move fast; the parents, in my opinion, need to investigated for child endangerment.

Save harambe

That question is annoying

@Maximilian Schrott You do realize that god (or allah if you are muslim) made all things and should be treated with kindness and compassion? If you are atheist, do you realize that we are descendants of monkeys (which means gorillas too)? If you are a hindu, isn't it taught that all life is sacred? If you are a buddhist than won't you show compassion to him? Lastly, if you are a jew, is it not forbidden to be cruel to animals? Think about what you are saying before you you judge others.

yeahhh tell em boss. let the conservationists actually go to work holding onto endangered species and attempting to breed them and bring them back from the brink by capturing and rehabilitating and keeping them in enclosures in case the worst happens while these retards duke it out with their dumb ass unscientific idealism...

Yeah we should just sit and let it kill the kid, it's what it's supposed to do after all right?

Lisa how ANYONE can say it was the zoos fault shows how idiotic they are it comes down to the lack of supervision and ignorance on the parents part plain and simple makes you wonder just how much supervision he gets when not at the zoo myself I would say NONE from the pictures I've seen of them they look like the I don't care type look how obvious it is now with the zoo they need to take parenting classes but the only thing about that is you've got to do what is said forget that they wouldn't pay attention to that either so you all blaming the zoo suck it up and leave the zoo alone