The case has sharply divided the public, with some saying the zoo was right to do whatever it took to protect the child. Others disagree, claiming the parents are to blame for allegedly neglecting to monitor the boy.
Animal activists have even filed a complaint against the zoo, prompting the local prosecutor to review the case to determine if the county should bring criminal charges against the zoo or the child’s parents.
The zoo, which originally claimed the mother was responsible for the child’s death because she had lifted him onto the railing, settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount in 2014. In 2007, three young men were attacked, one fatally, by a Siberian tiger at the San Francisco Zoo.
Captive animals often lose their minds and develop a psychotic condition termed “zoochosis,” where the animal may injure themselves, pull out their fur or feathers, lick endlessly to comfort themselves, pace or rock back and forth. This sad behavior is rampant in zoos, across many species.
Tragically, the recent Cincinnati Zoo case is not the first time a child or young person has been injured or killed at a zoo.
Cases involving zoo animals may receive a lot of attention, but injuries at zoos can occur in many other ways.
Most people visit zoos to have a good experience with loved ones and friends. You shouldn’t have to worry about getting hurt while you’re there.
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Lawyers are dressing way too casual during Zoom court hearings, judge says. A Florida judge is reminding lawyers appearing in remote court hearings through Zoom that they should not dress like they are poolside. Nor should the lawyers remain in bed during the hearings, according to Judge Dennis Bailey of Broward County, ...
Bailey told the Miami Herald that he wears his robe during hearings, and lawyers should show their respect by dressing appropriate ly. “You’re going to earn the same amount of respect that you’re shown,” Bailey said. “If you show up in jeans and T-shirt, it’s counterproductive.”.
In court, Rackaukas showed jurors a photo of the Taser, covered in blood, and the blood-soaked sidewalk where Thomas had struggled with police. 'He's pinned to the ground, he's face up, the back of his head is on the pavement and so there's no give there. Cicinelli repeatedly pummeled Kelly in the face, without mercy.
He began backing away from the officer and Ramos, wielding a police baton, ordered him back to the ground. Rackauckas held a baton with both of his hands to demonstrate Ramos' actions for jurors. On trial: Former Fullerton police officer Manuel Ramos listens to opening statements in court on December 2.
Rackauckas gave the jury a blow-by-blow account of the beating that left Kelly Thomas, 37, in a coma for five days before he died. 'The conduct of these two officers on trial here went far beyond anything acceptable in a free society,' Rackaukas told the courtroom.
Schwartz said during his opening statement that his client hit Thomas twice on the forehead with the blunt end of the stun gun because Thomas was grabbing for the weapon. 'An officer is trained to never relinquish a weapon to a suspect,' Schwartz said. 'Never. My client wasn't about to go back on that training.'.
Highly anticipated case: Defense attorney John Barnett, representing former Fullerton police officer Manuel Ramos, speaks during opening statements during the trial of Ramos and Jay Cicinelli.
DA Tony Rackaukas says Ramos threatened homeless man Kelly Thomas before he and other officers beat him mercilessly. Rackaukas says Ramos showed Kelly his fists and said they would 'f*** him up' and demonstrated how Ramos threatened Kelly with a baton. Kelly Thomas was beaten to death in Fullerton, California, two years ago.
Ramos adds that Thomas tried to bite him through his pants. The judge will allow defence attorneys to tell the jury about Thomas' prior conviction for assaulting his grandfather with a fireplace poker and about a restraining order that his mother sought against him after he held her by the throat during an argument.
This is so common, in fact, that zoo veterinarians will sedate their animals with antidepressants and anti-psychotic drugs, so they can better endure their suffering .
Often these animals can snap due to constant touching and handling against their wishes. They are wild animals and should never be petted or handled. The spread of infection and bacteria from petting wildlife is also quite common.
They may be exposed to weather that is unnatural for their species. Some zoos close in winter months due to extreme temperatures and snow, and then animals are forced inside to live inside in cramped and often barren enclosures.
When you look into the eyes of animals at the zoo, you often see boredom, sadness, blank stares, broken spirits, frustration and despair. Animals in zoos are forced to live their entire lives in captivity—in small unnatural spaces or cages, surrounded by artificial environments, where noises overwhelm and frighten them, cameras flash relentlessly, teenagers taunt and tease and throw things at them, and vocal crowds stress them. They are deprived of everything that is natural and instinctual for them—everything they desire in life.
These are the worst form of zoos. Many are illegitimate, incompetent in animal care, and underfunded so animals are poorly cared for or starving. The animals experience constant stress and misery in these zoos—they are kept in extremely small, often filthy, barren cages or concrete pens or are immobilized on a chain, and live in completely unnatural environments.
Animals are treated as commodities in zoos. Their sole purpose is to draw crowds and generate income for the zoo. But this philosophy of capturing from the wild, or breeding in captivity, all to confine wild animals for entertainment, needs to be reconsidered and changed. Here is more about where zoo animals come from.
But this is not entertainment. These animals experience endless and overwhelming boredom, despair, loneliness and often abuse from the people caring for them.