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AIBU?

What the fuck is wrong with people these days?

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Soubriquet · 21/05/2018 17:00

A 12 year old boy stuck his hands through the bars and when a meerkat bit him, he killed her. The meerkat was pregnant at the time.

Why has his parents not taught him to keep their hands out of enclosures? Or not killing?

Where was his parents when he decided to do that?

I don't agree with him receiving death threats as some people are saying but I bloody hope he gets a good bollocking

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Pengggwn · 21/05/2018 17:03

This isn't a very pleasant story, but I think people are going way over the top in their reaction to what the twelve year old did. He slammed the meerkat to the ground, presumably to get her off him. It's a wild animal at the end of the day, so I suspect it had bitten him quite badly. I think YABU, given you seem to be suggesting he killed it for fun.

InspMorse · 21/05/2018 17:03

Who killed the meerkat?

InspMorse · 21/05/2018 17:03

The boy?

Soubriquet · 21/05/2018 17:04

Might help if I linked the story

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Ashedload · 21/05/2018 17:05

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/schoolboy-killed-meerkat-death-threats-hungary-zoo-kecskemeti-zara-a8359176.html%3famp
I’m guessing it’s this.

InspMorse · 21/05/2018 17:07

Just googled it. If he picked it up after it bit him (as reported by some papers) then WTF.

Fattymcfaterson · 21/05/2018 17:08

I'm sure his parent have taught him not to kill, it doesn't look as though it was deliberate.
Yes he was stupid to put his hand through the bars, but instinct when something is biting you isn't the same as murder

GalwayWayfarer · 21/05/2018 17:09

From the story: He’s then alleged to have picked up the 18-month-old meerkat and swing it onto the ground, killing the mother and baby immediately

So it sounds pretty deliberate. Horrible, uneducated child needing much better adult supervision and a close eye since childhood brutality to animals is a bit of a red flag

Soubriquet · 21/05/2018 17:09

It sounds like he did pick her up afterwards not just to get rid of her. The amount of force required to kill her by slamming her to the ground doesn't make it sound like he was trying to shake her off

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WittyJack · 21/05/2018 17:11

I was reduced to actual tears of rage by the story about the girl in wichita who tortured a terrified little kitten to death whilst her friend filmed it. Apparently local kids know who they are and won't make their lives fun - it's very very hard not to say, "fucking good."

People are just shit. However shit something is, someone shit somewhere will have done it :(

GalwayWayfarer · 21/05/2018 17:12

Also, 12 is old enough to know the consequences of picking her up and smashing her to the ground. A younger child doesn't necessarily know that they could kill an animal that way. A 12 year old does.

BeefyCakes · 21/05/2018 17:13

Mass murderers start by killing animals, this kid needs psychological help. And soon.

Soubriquet · 21/05/2018 17:13

Yeah I saw that one witty

Awful girl. I would be very ashamed if that was my daughter wondering where the fuck I went wrong

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Frenchiemamax · 21/05/2018 17:14

YANBU OP. I could rage about these stories until I die. If we can’t teach children A) boundaries and B) respect for all beings then the world is going to shit.

PorkyPortia · 21/05/2018 17:20

God that’s awful

WorraLiberty · 21/05/2018 17:21

Where was his parents when he decided to do that?

He was on a school trip

crunchymint · 21/05/2018 17:22

Of course death threats on a 12 year old is not okay.
But not lets excuse a 12 year old deliberately killing an animal either.

Soubriquet · 21/05/2018 17:24

If he was on a school trip, I hope he is banned from any more excursions. He's obviously not trusted to be alone

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OliviaStabler · 21/05/2018 17:25

I can't tell you what I really feel about this as I'd get an MN flaming.

Poor MeerKat

maxthemartian · 21/05/2018 17:26

I hate it when animals get killed because of human stupidity.
Horrible little shit, hope he's petrified now.

user838383 · 21/05/2018 17:27

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Soubriquet · 21/05/2018 17:28

I doubt he particularly cares tbh. Not unless he is physically receiving death threats in person.

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RaininSummer · 21/05/2018 17:29

Absolutely ignorant and twisted. Little shit.

Juells · 21/05/2018 17:29

@InspMorse

Who killed the meerkat?

Mrs Green in the conservatory with a candlestick.

(Sorry, I'm not laughing about the poor meerkat, just the juxtaposition of InspMorse and the "Who killed..." question made me laugh 😳 )

Wherever it happened, the meerkats shouldn't have been accessible to the public, very careless of the zoo. Young boys will always do things they're not supposed to.

tillytoodles1 · 21/05/2018 17:30

He was old enough to know not to put his hand through in the first place. Little shit.

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