Gorilla killed

[Thumpalumpacus]

Because parents need to watch their children better. The optimal word is "their" children. It was not the zoos responsibility, the zoo is not a armory or babysitter. That's the parents responsibility. Alot of parents want title but don't want to actually be a parent. To many parents put their responsibility of on other people, and hold others responsible. Parents need to recognize which responsibilities are theirs and theirs alone

NaNa

Any property owner has a responsibility to take sufficient safeguards for visitors. If a toddler can penetrate those safeguards, it seems to me ipso facto that those safeguards are insufficient.

I don't and won't absolve the mother of her responsibility to look after her own -- you're right that they should -- but there is, rightfully, an expectation that a public place has sufficient precautions in place.

I climb aboard an airplane, I have a reasonable expectation that it doesn't have metal fatigue in the left wing spar. I buy a new car, I have a reasonable expectation that it doesn't have defective brakes.

I go to a zoo (a place which should be expecting toddlers amongst its visitors), I should expect that the perimeters are toddler-proof.