On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 11:48:34 AM UTC-4, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 08:34:41 -0700 (PDT)
trader_4 wrote:

On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 6:15:54 PM UTC-4, bob haller wrote:
On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 5:03:31 PM UTC-4, burfordTjustice wrote:
Good Call!

A prosecutor said Monday that he isn't seeking charges against
the mother of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo's
gorilla exhibit, resulting in the shooting of an endangered
gorilla to protect him.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said the child's mother had
three other children with her, and she was attending to them when
the 3-year-old "just scampered off" on May 28.

The Cincinnati police had investigated the family's actions.

Legal experts had said that prosecution on child endangerment or
similar charges seems unlikely. The family has declined to
comment.

The zoo plans to reopen its Gorilla World on Tuesday with a
higher, reinforced barrier. The boy apparently climbed over the
outer barrier before falling some 15 feet into a shallow moat. A
special response team shot and killed the 17-year-old western
lowland gorilla named Harambe to protect the boy.

The zoo's role will be reviewed by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, which enforces the Animal Welfare Act. An animal
protection watchdog group has urged that the zoo face federal
fines.

The shooting caused a wide outpouring of criticism, blaming the
boy's parents or the zoo for the gorilla death. A Cincinnati
police spokesman said last week police planned to "reach out" to
the boy's mother to advise her of threatening language in some
posts.

The zoo said that there had been no earlier breaches in Gorilla
World's 38-year history and that the previous barrier had passed
multiple inspections by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums,
which accredits zoos. Zoo spokeswoman Michelle Curley said the
outer barrier will now be 42 inches high €” a half foot taller
than before €” with solid wood beams on top and at the bottom,
plus knotted rope netting at the bottom.

A Cincinnati police report identified the boy's mother as
Michelle Gregg, 32, who works at a preschool near Cincinnati. The
child's father isn't named in the report, and it's not clear
whether he was at the zoo that day.

The boy's family has said he is doing well at home. Police said
he had scrapes on his head and knee, but was alert and talking
when rescued.

University of Dayton law professor Lori Shaw said earlier that
child endangering cases are complicated and fact-specific. She
said Ohio law requires that the defendant be found "reckless" and
to have exposed a child to "substantial risk," or a strong
possibility of harm.

Police released 911 tapes of calls after the boy fell.

"He's dragging my son! I can't watch this!" a woman says in the
911 call, pleading for help. She shouts at her son repeatedly:
"Be calm!"

A record of police calls shows nine minutes passed between the
first emergency call about the boy falling into the enclosure and
when the child was safe.

The police report states that witnesses said the gorilla
initially appeared to be protecting the child, but after
onlookers started screaming, it became "agitated and scared" and
began dragging the child.

The boy's family has expressed gratitude to the zoo for
protecting his life.

there should be a 6 foot high heavy glass barrier.....

in pittsburgh a child fell in a dog exhibit and died. in this day
and age zoos should be safe

I agree. That zoo only had a 3 ft high barrier to keep people out.
Clearly it was designed for keeping the animals in, but not for
keeping the people out.

Perhaps you want to phone Association of Zoos and Aquariums and tell
them that their standards are not acceptable.

Report back how that goes.

Good money says you will not call.

The facts of what happened show that the standards are not acceptable,
at least that's what it shows to any reasonable thinking person.
A 3 year old should not be able to just easily climb over a 3 ft
fence and get into contact with a gorilla. Amazing that anyone would
even argue this. The incompetence lead directly to the death of
that gorilla and it could have been a dead child too.