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7 year old boy feeds 13 reptiles to croc

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7649876.stm

The attack happened on Wednesday morning after the boy entered the zoo by jumping over the security fence and evading sensor alarms.

Over the next half hour, he bludgeoned some of the animals to death with stones and hurled others over the two fences surrounding the crocodile enclosure.

At one point, he tried scaling the outer enclosure himself to get to "Terry", the 11ft (3.3m) saltwater crocodile.

A turtle, four Western blue-tongued lizards, two bearded dragons, two thorny devil lizards and the zoo's 20-year-old goanna were among those killed.

Zoo director Rex Neindorf said many of the animals were rare or mature and would be difficult to replace.

"The fact a seven-year-old can wreak so much havoc in such a short time, it's unbelievable," he told Reuters news agency.

Mr Neindorf said the boy had "clammed up" when questioned by police.

As children under the age of 10 cannot be held accountable for their actions in the Northern Territory, the zoo would be seeking to take action against the parents.

"We'll be looking at suing the parents, who were supposedly in control of him at the time," he said.
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I know this article was from almost a week ago but I did a search here and didn't see it. If it's already been posted, I'm sorry.

That's just unbelievable... in 30 minutes none the less. Seven years old?? Something's just really sick about that kid.
 
Let's see how long it takes before someone blames it on his environment.
 
Come on when you where that age, did you go out and shoot lizards with your bb gun? If so did you turn out to be a killer, no... It's part of growing up and is normal if you ask me. Now I am not saying what this boy did is not wrong. It is very sick and should be punished. But to say he will go as far and kill people, is crap...
 
shfreelance said:
Come on when you where that age, did you go out and shoot lizards with your bb gun? If so did you turn out to be a killer, no... It's part of growing up and is normal if you ask me. Now I am not saying what this boy did is not wrong. It is very sick and should be punished. But to say he will go as far and kill people, is crap...
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Ok, I'm not saying he's going to be a serial killer. I am saying that he has severe psychological dysfunctions. However to answer your question, when I was 7 I never ran around with a weapon of any sort. If any kid did have a b.b. gun and shot a lizard, that's the morbid curiosity that comes with growing up. This kid was smiling, and had the full intention of feeding the reptiles to the croc. I mean... he climbed over the wall after hours to do this. It's not like he tossed a little lizard in to see what would happen. He did this repeatedly, and not only that but bludgeoned other animals with rocks. That's not normal in any sense of the word. If I saw a 7 year old kid out in the street smashing the neighbor's dog with a huge rock, I'm not going to tell the neighbor "Well hey, it's just growin up!" I suppose by your logic, those kids that doused the cat in gasoline, lit it and laughed and watched the cat burn alive while video taping the event is just normal and part of growing up :rolleyes:
 
shfreelance said:
Come on when you where that age, did you go out and shoot lizards with your bb gun? If so did you turn out to be a killer, no... It's part of growing up and is normal if you ask me. Now I am not saying what this boy did is not wrong. It is very sick and should be punished. But to say he will go as far and kill people, is crap...
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Actually I waited until I was about 14/15yrs old then me and my buddy made mini electric chairs for toads. We'd torture them (they kinda make an "EEP" sound) we did that until it wasn't any more fun.

I'm not a serial killer....... that YOU know of :eek:

Funny thing is, I turned out serving this country in the AF then working for a defense contractor (LMCO) and write computer software (ok so I'm half way to serial killer) and my buddy ended up working for Apple. ROFLMAO.
 
I burned ants with my magnifying glass and pulled daddy long legs wings off. However, what this kid did is off the charts of normal inquisitive childhood behaviour. In my opinion this suggests psychological problems.

However, I wouldn't suggest this means he's going to be a serial klller. He may become a soldier/policeman instead... :D
 
MrSmith said:
I burned ants with my magnifying glass and pulled daddy long legs wings off. However, what this kid did is off the charts of normal inquisitive childhood behaviour. In my opinion this suggests psychological problems.

However, I wouldn't suggest this means he's going to be a serial klller. He may become a soldier/policeman instead... :D
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I don't get it.
 
David G. said:
The lawyers for the family should take this into effect if/when they get sued, the zoo didn't have to feed it anymore that day. Think of the savings in food costs!
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Plus labor, because at Gator Land they hang over the hungry critters... I am sure they get paid good to feed a hungry gator or croc.

PS: Yes I do know the difference between a gator and a crocodile.
 
David G. said:
The lawyers for the family should take this into effect if/when they get sued, the zoo didn't have to feed it anymore that day. Think of the savings in food costs!
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This is true, but the croc probably would've been happiest if the boy fell in :D
 
Shouldn't the parents be around to make sure the kid doesn't get into these kind of trouble? Sorta of like leaving your 6 year old kid in a glassware store alone.... very bad idea.
 
shfreelance said:
He's still just a 7 year old boy... You sir are just as sick as the boy and I don't care if you are joking...
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Boy you just are really bad at misquoting me today aren't you? I said the croc. I didn't say myself. I didn't give my personal opinion on that. If you'd like to know my personal opinion, I wouldn't be happy, I'd be ecstatic. Sure, call me sick, it's not going to ruin my night.
 
to me the screams volumes about the security or the lack of security (and safety) at the zoo.

It should not be possible for any one at a zoo much less a 7 year old to cause that many problems in less than 30 mins
 
shfreelance said:
He's still just a 7 year old boy... You sir are just as sick as the boy and I don't care if you are joking...
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I quote the politically correct Brodie for the perfect phrase of wisdom in times like these...

Mallrats said:
"Don't get me wrong, I don't wish the kid harm, but his mother should suffer that horrific ordeal so she'll learn how to manage her child!"
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Since the kid snuck in after hours I would say he knew his actions were wrong yet followed through so I do not see why he can not be prosecuted?

Though that will never happen you could at least make the parents pay for the losses and make them send the kid to a military academy to learn some discipline.

Their is a definite difference between a child getting into some mischief and committing wanton acts of cruelty, destruction of property, and breaking and entry.
 
velocityg4 said:
Though that will never happen you could at least make the parents pay for the losses and make them send the kid to a military academy to learn some discipline.
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Something like this happened hear here in Long Beach, California. Kids climbed over a fence at night. The trouble is that most kid's parents can't pay back $250K in damages so they are forced to declare bankruptcy and the money is never repaid.

Child welfare service do get involved too and ask questions about why a 7 year old was allowed to run around un-supervised at night. Usually this is a tip off that the parents have some serious problems
 
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