UPDATE: Cincinnati Police Zero In On Parents in Zoo Incident

[avebury]

19. You cannot in any way shape or form say that the zoo allowed

the boy into the exhibit because that denotes consent which was never granted. With a 38 year spotless record, the zoo failed to take into account that idiots do exist and that some parents fail to actually parent and control their children. I don't blame the zoo for the fact that idiots do exist. I blame a society that fails to hold adults accountable for their actions when they fail in their job to take care of children under their care. How many times do you see gun owners charged when they leave loaded guns around, a child gets ahold of the gun and shoots/kills himself/someone else? Rarely because people go oh what a tragedy instead of holding the idiot who left the loaded gun out in the first place liable for his negligence.

If that child had been adult you had better believe that he would be facing charges (unless he failed a psych eval). Why should the mother get a pass just because the kid is 4 years old? That makes it worse. An adult know better, a 4 year old has not matured enough to understand the consequnces of his actions. His mother failed him and he paid the price.