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RebelOne

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44. Here's an article I posted in 2012

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 12:50 PM

Oct 2014

about a boy who fell into a crocodile pit in Miami in 1977. The father had him on the rails of the fence above the pit.

At the Miami Serpentarium, I remember a little boy being put on a wall

by his father to take a photo. Beneath that wall was a pit with a giant crocodile. The boy fell into the pit and the croc devoured the boy. The article does not tell the whole story of what happened. It just said that the boy fell in. The Miami Herald reported the real story and it was the father's fault.

In my opinion, it was the father who should have been shot and not the croc. It just thought it was thrown dinner.

I had visited the Sepemtarium a few times and I saw that crocodile and it was indeed massive.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/21/local/la-me-bill-haast-20110621

The attraction had a gift shop, 400-pound turtles, a 20-foot python. It also had a pit with a 12-foot crocodile called Cookie who weighed, literally, a ton. After a 6-year-old boy fell in and died in 1977, Haast went into the pit with a pistol the next day and shot the croc.

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Toddler critical after falling into Jaguar exhibit -I would arrest the father and grandfather [View all] malaise Oct 2014 OP

It's one thing to child-proof zoos get the red out Oct 2014 #1

Some parents endanger their own children malaise Oct 2014 #2

Yes, they should spend the rest of their lives in jail. egduj Oct 2014 #3

Epic fail malaise Oct 2014 #4

+1 nt brer cat Oct 2014 #5

let's put all the parents who put their kids in danger in jail cali Oct 2014 #7

Or people who dangle their kid over a pit of dangerous animals. DetlefK Oct 2014 #12

and ignore the warning signs in the process. magical thyme Oct 2014 #13

yes, it was stupid and avoidable. I don't think prosecuting them would serve cali Oct 2014 #14

I agree with you. Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #29

I understand your point but I respectfully disagree with you and here's why: Coventina Oct 2014 #36

But how does punishment help? Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #39

How about this as a punishment... pipi_k Oct 2014 #52

Apologies for my tardy reply, I was at work all day yesterday. Coventina Oct 2014 #66

I have nothing against court action; in fact, that's exactly what should happen, but Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #67

I wouldn't argue for jail, but there is a difference kcr Oct 2014 #32

doing community service might be a good solution. uppityperson Oct 2014 #37

There is only one valid reason to send someone to prison. Xithras Oct 2014 #28

You must have hit POST a few seconds before me. Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #30

Children are members of society kcr Oct 2014 #33

So stupid parents should be imprisoned? Xithras Oct 2014 #35

When they endanger their children, sometimes yes. kcr Oct 2014 #38

The U.S. is home to 5% of the worlds humans and 25% of the worlds prison population. Xithras Oct 2014 #41

No it isn't because of people like me. It's the war on drugs and privatized prisons. kcr Oct 2014 #42

No. Xithras Oct 2014 #43

We are a punisher culture. You see right here on this progressive board all the time. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #50

The solution to being overly punitive isn't going in the complete opposite direction kcr Oct 2014 #63

Stupid comment... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #6

lol, I know, right? Welcome to DU. closeupready Oct 2014 #15

It was jaguar the animal, not Jaguar the car. I'm sure you must have misunderstood, because valerief Oct 2014 #59

the jaguars were not trying to hurt the child. geek tragedy Oct 2014 #8

I had the same thought. Coventina Oct 2014 #18

When mine were little Bettie Oct 2014 #9

Precisely malaise Oct 2014 #11

When mine were that age, photographing anything Bettie Oct 2014 #17

is there a rise in this sort of thing. i feel like in the last year, i have read more La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #10

Like everything else I think we are just hearing TBF Oct 2014 #40

I think that has a lot to do with it ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2014 #56

Whoever was holding the child kiva Oct 2014 #16

I read the article, and from the descriptions of the jaguars' behavior Coventina Oct 2014 #19

The jaguars are not to blame here malaise Oct 2014 #20

True, even if the jaguars had him reduced to a pile of bones Coventina Oct 2014 #21

Yep...it's like the difference pipi_k Oct 2014 #23

This is just one example of pipi_k Oct 2014 #22

Should Michael Jackson have been criminally prosecuted for this? Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #24

If the child had dropped he would have been malaise Oct 2014 #25

Umm yes, of course phil89 Oct 2014 #27

I think most people thought he showed himself to be an unfit parent right there ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2014 #57

The child is now in stable condition and is expected to recover. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2014 #26

Over my nearly 4 decades in pediatrics, I have often... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #31

"One family, one child" - sort of that kind of thing? closeupready Oct 2014 #47

Not at all. Obviously, this is strictly fantasy... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #64

I'm trying to picture what made the 'family member' let go. Demit Oct 2014 #34

Watch the video at link malaise Oct 2014 #45

Well, I watched the whole news report, and Demit Oct 2014 #48

Grandpa probably wasn't as strong as he thought he was ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2014 #58

Here's an article I posted in 2012 RebelOne Oct 2014 #44

Remember the father who INTENTIONALLY left his son in the car so he'd bake to death? KittyWampus Oct 2014 #46

I was hoping it would be a car show or a football game in Jacksonville. KamaAina Oct 2014 #49

Well at the car show the exhibits are much safer! Initech Oct 2014 #61

My guess is... bobGandolf Oct 2014 #51

First off, I hope the child is okay Politicalboi Oct 2014 #53

I think they've probably learned their lesson. liberalmuse Oct 2014 #54

Wait until dad and granddad sue the zoo for $20 million Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #65

I've never once gone to the zoo without seeing people hoisting kids up on the railing IVoteDFL Oct 2014 #55

that said, ... it is done hundreds of thousands of times without a kid falling in. seabeyond Oct 2014 #62

personally, i think the grandfather will suffer enough for an accident. nt seabeyond Oct 2014 #60