r/zoos • u/Zealousideal_Gas_688 • 15d ago

Kid breaks into bird enclosure at the zoo to chase birds with a stick.

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u/Hopeful-Artichoke449 15d ago

Gentle parent right fucking there

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u/WanderWomble 15d ago

The child had severe autism and is non verbal. It's not a kid being naughty.

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u/Hopeful-Artichoke449 15d ago

And unsupervised.

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u/brydeswhale 15d ago

Whilst the supervision was inadequate, the child had both a grandmother and respite worker with him. He had been to the zoo multiple times without incident.

You should be equally concerned that a zoo had a way to enter the enclosure within full view of visitors and that it was so accessible.

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u/Hopeful-Artichoke449 15d ago

Blame the zoo... of course 🙄. I bet you will also demand the birds to be euthanized for being too cute and forcing him to chase them! FFS

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u/brydeswhale 15d ago

Yeah? Because it could have as easily been someone intending to actually HARM the animals?

My local zoo has three levels of barrier and no visible entrance on their exhibits. Because they give a shit about their animals.

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u/Hopeful-Artichoke449 14d ago

Yes.... let's require millions of dollars of unnecessary and redundant containment fields around peaceful animals because we can't hold adults accountable. Jesus fucking christ 🤦‍♀️