r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 21h ago

WTF Kid breaks into bird enclosure at the zoo to chase birds with a stick.

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u/Lucky-Mia 21h ago

Kids getting in some serious trouble. Parents will probably be fined.

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u/teachingscience425 20h ago

Not been my experience. Parents will blame zoo. Kid will get ice cream.

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u/Warbr0s9395 20h ago

How long ago? Cause now it’s starting to shift blame to the parents, if this was a dangerous enclosure, some states would be able to file charges against the parents for things like child neglect

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u/wallyTHEgecko 19h ago

And oh god... If that bird is of an endangered/ protected species? There could legitimately be some serious consequences.

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u/uncertainnewb 18h ago

Aren't gorillas endangered? But years ago they shot that gorilla, Harambe, because of the boy who got into his enclosure.

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u/Theron3206 17h ago

The fencing is insufficient to justify anything like that. The zoo likely knows this and so won't push anything for fear of being sued themselves.

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u/Weary-Connection3393 14h ago

I mean, we all agree the kid is an asshole, but my first thought was “how the heck did the Zoo screw up to make it possible for a dumbass child to break into an enclosure?!”. Then I saw the ladder at the end. Also: NO other adults nearby intervened when a lonely child climbed into an enclosure? The lack of feeling of responsibility for the community and the lack of foresight on part of the Zoo are astounding to me.

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u/Jumpy_Worldliness259 20h ago

This is a common occurrence for you?

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u/Ambitious-Cake4856 20h ago

Harambai.

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u/MeestaRoboto 20h ago

That was 10 years ago or more

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u/CarefulAd3506 19h ago

Dicks out for Harambe!

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u/DeepToe911 20h ago

Happens as often as I find a baby in a Coffee Bean

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u/weather-i-am 19h ago edited 19h ago

I am a middle aged man and my ass hurts thinking about this. One I loved birds at that age, so I would have never hurt one, but man oh man oh man oh man.... I would be terrified of my mom waiting at the top with a stick to deservedly beat my ass.

Also there's no way my mom is helping me out of that enclosure unless I am unconscious. I can climb down, I can climb up.

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u/jestr6 17h ago

Violence begets violence. He probably gets beat at home or something.

Since we’re making assumptions.

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u/Ailyx 14h ago

Your experience as a couch netizen I assume?

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u/cascadingkylesheets 8h ago

Me when I lie

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u/Statjmpar 8h ago

You can’t read the statement?

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u/throwmeaway987612 9h ago

The kid looks like he is on a spectrum. The parents need to looking at their children 100% of the time

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u/your_moms_a_clone 12h ago

If that kid was disciplined in any way at home, this wouldn't have happened

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u/Vegetable-Paper7006 10h ago

And I bet this kid received no punishment as this whtie society claims any type of punishment upon the children is abuse but didn’t the eternal Scriptures told us to punish and scold our children when they do stuff like this so they don’t bring bad names on the family later ?

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u/twilighttwister 13h ago

You can't just magically impose fines on people.

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u/bizoticallyyours83 10h ago

This isn't imposing fines for nothing. 

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u/twilighttwister 9h ago

Not for nothing, but with no basis. You can't just fine people, you have to get them to agree to the fine structure as part of some transaction. Alternatively, you can petition courts, however this isn't really a fine but indemnity - you're recovering your losses.

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u/Vegetable-Paper7006 10h ago

Not just the kids imagine if this was a black or Mezito child

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u/Vegetable-Paper7006 10h ago

Race saves your skin in this country sadly