Please don't go there, had enough of idiots blame the mom. Zoos fault for making short ass barriers THAT A 4 YEAR OLD can climb it. What someone got bumped into and fell? It's the zoos fault. Mom was trying to look after 4 kids and wanted to take them somewhere fun like the zoo and kids can get mischievous sometimes so it's hard to watch over them, turn your head for even one second and they are gone. Mom should have paid attention but no point in blaming her. Also, there is a crowd, no one saw the kid climbing into the gorilla pit? Oh God I did it again, I ranted. SHIT!

It's everyone's fault. The zoo (even though they can't prevent everything) could've placed a better fence, the mom should've paid more attention and noticed he was going in. I mean, the kid climbed over numerous barriers, how the hell does that happen?

She has 4 kids to watch and don't look at it as he climbed over the fence, think of as HE IS 4 YEARS OLD, how can there fence be so low thay a 4 year old can climb over it in seconds. Also again with blaming the mom, what abouy the people around her? Did they not notice a kid climbing into the gorilla pit. I am telling you its not the moms fault. Kids are love to explore and are very mischievous. I can't count the amount of times I ran away from my parents while they took us out. Even during firewokrs I would sneak away which is exactly what the kid did. He was acting like a normal kid and this literally could happen to anyone at anytime and has nothing to do with parenting skills. Zoos fault 100% for making it easy for a 2ft tall 4 year old to climb into the gorilla pit.

It is the parents fault 100% watch your kids or don't have them.

No, no it isn't. Kids are wild and mischievous, turn your head for one second they can be gone and it doesn't happen how good a parent you are. I know when I was a Kid I would sneak away from parents when I got bored. This is natural behaviour of a child and the same thing can happen to anyone. It the ZOOS FAULT, the barriers are so short that 2ft tall kid can climb it. EVEN THE FENCES AT MY GRAD SCHOOL ARE TALLER! If schools can keep kids locked inside a fence then why can't the Zoo keep people out the animals habitat? Also why is the Animal there in the first place if it's going extinct? Blame the damn zoo and not the parent. Bad enough her kid almost got ripped to shreds by a gorilla and now everyone blames her for it when her kid was just being a kid and exploring behind his parents back. We are all like that so I am sure you can understand. [spoiler]I been around kids a lot and they are hard to keep your eye on every second. Turn your head for a second, even something as answering a phone and your child can be gone doing something or God forbid gets hurt. [/spoiler]

So if a stupid kid with retarded parent runs into the street. Gets hit by a car. It's the road crews fault for not install 70 foot fence with razor wire. It simply unfit parents like your self. You blame any one else but you.

Jesus you're -blam!-ing dumb, if you have 4 kids and one is crying to so you got to take care of them while another kid just runs off. It has NOTHING to do with parenting, it has to with that kid acting like a normal kid. I can't tell you how many times I sneaked away from my parents and got lost for hours. The mom could have even been talking to someone while the kid left. This is what people like you don't understand because you never been around kids before. The are mischievous and love to explore, turn your for literally even ONE SECOND and they can disappear. Ask any babysitter or any parent and they tell you the same thing. Unless you want to keep your kid on a leash then that kod will get himself in trouble at one point. It's inevitable, we just do our best to avoid it. Plus, running on the street is completely -blam!-ing different than a damn zoo. You don't have cars driving 100mph in a zoo. No you have WILD ANIMALS in a cage amd if the zoo is so irresponsible that a 2ft tall 4 year old can climb into it then it is their fault.

I am around a 2 year old and 3 year old. They know not to run off. They know not to go near a road. They know not to jump off a 50 foot drop into a monkey cage. The problem is people like you let them do what ever they want with no consequences. You and people like you should never be allowed to breed. You are unfit to be around or take care of a pet dog let along a kid. [spoiler]I'm finished replying to a ignorant person like you. OYS[/spoiler]

If watching 4 kids is that difficult for you, you should seek some assistance. It's the moms fault for not teaching your 4 year old (a normal child that age, at least the ones I know, are pretty smart about following directions) not to go anywhere or do anything unless you are told to do so. That's just parenting, something this mother didn't do. Normally those kids who don't listen often for whatever reason have a history of it so she should have know to watch that one more closely. If the kid was 1 or 2, yeah they go wherever they want but w 4 year old is completely coherent, enough to know that you should be climbing over or getting into anything that you're not allowed to. It's 70% mom and 30% zoo if I were to really blame anyone.

If you can't watch 4 kids then you shouldn't go to the zoo

OMG do you not understand kids at all? Ot doesn't matter because he is 4 years old and doesn't know better. Even if the mom told him that kid still looks at the gorilla like a furry pet. Kids explore and are mischievous, I use to sneak away and get into trouble all the time when I was a kid and got beat for it. Anyone that has kids or looked after them know that even if it is just one kid, you turn your head and they can be gone. Answer a phone, ordering food or talking to a friend. It's not the moms fault that a 2ft tall kid was able to climb into a gorilla pit. My old grade school did a better job at keeping us locked in and strangers locked out than that zoo. Sure the mom could have paid more attention but it can happen to anyone at any moment. If the kid didn't fall in the pit but instead got lost at the zoo then no one would say anything and would act normal about it. But since he fell into the pit that is where people start hating the parent. The kid could have left the zoo or done something completely different but since it was a gorilla pit everyone wants to blame the mom. Moms fault 5% Zoos fault 95% What if someone got bumped into and fell? Who are you gonna blame? The zoo because someone was able to fall over the barrier because it was that low.