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**Optosypoeds** · 10-17-2011, 03:02 PM

What I am saying is, even if the father was standing right beside his daughter and staring the elephant directly in the eye, there is nothing he could do to stop it if it decided to kill.

That's all I'm saying. It's an animal. It knows two things: Fear & Hunger.

Maybe the father's supervision would have made the difference, maybe not. Maybe the animal gave clues that it was aggressive and there was time to prevent the attack. I ask you: would you let your 11 year little girl go near a 2-ton elephant without you holding her and prepared to pull her away at the slightest sudden movement of the animal? Personally, I wouldn't let my child near any potentially wild animal of that size. It is the equivalent of taking an unnecessarily risk of life and limb with your child and therefore, irresponsible if not criminal.

10-17-2011, 03:02 PM	#11
Optosypoeds Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 470 Senior Member	What I am saying is, even if the father was standing right beside his daughter and staring the elephant directly in the eye, there is nothing he could do to stop it if it decided to kill. That's all I'm saying. It's an animal. It knows two things: Fear & Hunger. Maybe the father's supervision would have made the difference, maybe not. Maybe the animal gave clues that it was aggressive and there was time to prevent the attack. I ask you: would you let your 11 year little girl go near a 2-ton elephant without you holding her and prepared to pull her away at the slightest sudden movement of the animal? Personally, I wouldn't let my child near any potentially wild animal of that size. It is the equivalent of taking an unnecessarily risk of life and limb with your child and therefore, irresponsible if not criminal.
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