Elephant kills 7 year old girl by throwing rock

[Nariterrr]

Muslims must have influenced that Elephant to kill the western girl right?

[Risottia]

They're learning!

The Xenoi must be eradicated so that nothing threatens the Imperium of Man.
And the PETA heretics shall follow them into oblivion.
THE EMPEROR PROTECTS.

More seriously: zoos are a bad idea. It's not like the biggest land-dwelling animal is a nice and tame pet you can keep confined in a space for kid to be stared at by kids.

[Costa Fierro]

Personally, I feel like the zoo should have had at least a thin sheet of glass between the people, especially considering the people could probably go over the fence or toss things into the enclosure.

We're making an assumption that the zoo could afford it and that said events happen with enough frequency to warrant said measures.

What do you think NSG? How could this have been prevented?

It couldn't have, because it was a rare and unusual accident. That's all it is.

Case closed.

[Gauthier]

Muslims must have influenced that Elephant to kill the western girl right?

No, CBS and James Patterson did.

[Llamalandia]

Not good for the republicans...why couldn't it have been a donkey

Also #greylivesmatter #7yearoldlivesmatter

[Gauthier]

Not good for the republicans...why couldn't it have been a donkey

Also #greylivesmatter #7yearoldlivesmatter

Maybe the elephant heard the girl praising Hillary.

[Llamalandia]

I guess a lot of people take for granite safety windows.

That elephant really rocked her world.

*lists more distasteful rock puns*

Well this obviously something that the elephant will have to live. It will never forget the guilt. Ultimately though I bet the zoo settles with the family for peanuts.

[Cetacea]

Muslims must have influenced that Elephant to kill the western girl right?

was the elephant Indian or Pakistani?

[Mike the Progressive]

Well that's depressing.

[Xeng He]

That's some way to die, bloody hell.

I would say raise the fence a bit higher now, maybe get rid of some of the larger rocks from the enclosure too.

My first thought was buying up more land for the zoo so the rock would have farther to travel, but that'd require massive renovations and probably kill a lot of animals in the renovation process.

Maybe this'll bounce off someone in the right way.

[Pope Joan]

Maybe the elephant was following the mandate at the end of Psalm 139.

[A Humanist Science]

I wouldn't call this a freak accident. The elephant probably knew it was trying to injure or kill the girl.

EDIT: So apparently, the OPs articles indicate that the incident is considered a freak accident, rather than an intentional attack. So...

If it was an intentional attack, the elephant probably knew might have simply known they (yes, they) where attacking humans. If so, that an innocent got caught in the crossfire is just more of the same sad and tragic narrative of history.

[A Humanist Science]

Why? On what inherent truth do you base that?

No one wants to go into an argument on ethics with the guy who has the flag of a group of eco-terrorists.

How about a guy with a happy human on his flag?

[MERIZoC]

I wouldn't call this a freak accident. The elephant probably knew it was trying to injure or kill the girl.

The elephant probably knew they (yes, they) where attacking humans. That an innocent got caught in the crossfire is just more of the same sad and tragic narrative of history.

But there was only one....

[A Humanist Science]

The elephant probably knew they (yes, they) where attacking humans. That an innocent got caught in the crossfire is just more of the same sad and tragic narrative of history.

But there was only one....

Gender-neutral singular, etc. Trying to acknowledge the value of a sentient individual here.

[Grand Britannia]

I think animals are getting tired of our shit.

[MERIZoC]

But there was only one....

Gender-neutral singular, etc. Trying to acknowledge the value of a sentient individual here.

Erm...what.

There's no need to be gender neutral when the gender is clearly described in the OP.

[Izweababa]

oh my goodness...

[Yodle]

Wow... Honestly there's nothing they could've done aside from take out the large rocks and put some type of barrier up, perhaps a net or taller fence. Anyone who says the elephant should have been shot in retribution is just wrong and is in favor of animal cruelty. Don't get me wrong, if the elephant picked up the girl they should have shot it, but it wasn't even a direct threat to anyone. It's not like the elephant was like "hehehe time to kill that little girl up there cause fuck humans." That elephant had no hidden motive or agenda, it was not trying to kill anyone. Shooting it because its actions indirectly led to a death is just sick and won't do anything to help the situation.

Anyways, condolences to the family, this is a true tragedy.

[A Humanist Science]

Umm...do elephants normally behave like this? I mean I have to wonder if the girl or perhaps more likely others were doi something to piss off the elephant. Tragic but it seems weird that if this elephant normally believes this way no one at the zoo thought to do something to protect the public. If it didn't normally behave this way, then it seems weird it would just start chucking rocks one day.

According to one of OPs articles, it looks like authorities and bystanders are calling it a freak accident. The elephant may have just been playing, and happened to throw the rock in a bad direction. Why throw a rock? Why do humans throw rocks, or Frisbees, or various sports balls? Probably same reason.

I guess I'd assumed it was some sort of intentional attack, since the description initially brought to mind stories of zookeepers and the like getting foot stomped by captive elephants. This might not be the case here, however.

[Gauthier]

Umm...do elephants normally behave like this? I mean I have to wonder if the girl or perhaps more likely others were doi something to piss off the elephant. Tragic but it seems weird that if this elephant normally believes this way no one at the zoo thought to do something to protect the public. If it didn't normally behave this way, then it seems weird it would just start chucking rocks one day.

According to one of OPs articles, it looks like authorities and bystanders are calling it a freak accident. The elephant may have just been playing, and happened to throw the rock in a bad direction. Why throw a rock? Why do humans throw rocks, or Frisbees, or various sports balls? Probably same reason.

I guess I'd assumed it was some sort of intentional attack, since the description initially brought to mind stories of zookeepers and the like getting foot stomped by captive elephants. This might not be the case here, however.

Hitting a girl who had nothing to do with abuse and wasn't stupidly crawling inside the habitat is either a freak accident or proof that James Patterson is a prophet.

[Dagashi Shojo]

You can always count on people on the internet to use tragic accidents as an opportunity to try and be witty.

[Gauthier]

You can always count on people on the internet to use tragic accidents as an opportunity to try and be witty.

Welcome to the internet.

[Tsaraine]

Elephants have very poor eyesight and (unlike humans) don't have an evolutionary history of throwing rocks or catching branches, so I don't think their trunk-eye coordination is good enough to throw rocks precisely. I'd call this accidental.

[The Alma Mater]

Muslims must have influenced that Elephant to kill the western girl right?

Is it not an Asian elephant killing a muslim girl ?