Sue the Parents of this Boy. Sue Them Now.
6 10 2008For some reason this didn’t publish this morning as it should have done. But here it is now…
Boy fed zoo reptiles to crocodile
I read this article in disbelief. What kind of evil child would do something like this?
This 7 year old boy…
- Jumped over a security fence (one wonders what kind of fence this must have been, but still)
- Evaded sensor alarms
- Managed to destroy a total 13 reptiles by bludgeoning some to death throwing others over the fence and making the others lunch for the crocodiles.
This is beyond awful. He killed rare reptiles and fed live ones to a crocodile. I felt sick for what those poor animals suffered at the hands of this criminal. To make matters worse the boy is too young to be prosecuted!
Money won’t replace those rare reptiles. But I hope the zoo sues the parents. No doubt some lawyer will argue they weren’t to blame… even though they were supposedly in charge of the boy. They’ve failed in their duties, big time. Just one another reason I am glad I am childfree. Who’d want to have kids like this?
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If this is what the boy does aged seven, what the hell will he be doing in ten years? I have a feeling we’ll be reading about him in the papers again. . .
And where the hell were the parents? I hope the zoo takes them to the cleaners, it might teach them to keep an eye on their hellspawn in future.
As for the little psycho shit, if he’s old enough to torture and kill animals, he’s old enough to face criminal charges.
The existence of sociopathic “children” such as this one scares the shit out of me. As Liz said, if this boy at age seven is capable of these acts, what could he do as a teenager or adult?
Like you, I felt sick at the thought of what happened to these poor animals. FFS - what kind of morals and ideas must have been instilled in this kid if he thinks that this kind of behaviour is acceptable?
I concur with the two commenters above - we will probably hear about him in the papers again at some point.
I too am disgusted and horrified. This is beyond belief. He is, clearly, a sociopathic serial killer in the making. He was smiling as he did this! Yes, the parents SHOULD be sued. Criminal negligence, whatever else they can hang on them. The boy should be locked up in juvenile detention as well.
I read about that some days ago, it’s awful. A kid that young has no business being left alone in a zoo!
(Feed him to the croc before he does more harm.) Oops, that was not PC I guess.
This is one big reason why I don’t want children. I couldn’t face having a child that would be cruel and evil towards animals. I wonder how he got that way though? I hope his parents realise what a sick boy he is. Perhaps there is something actually wrong with him that compels him to do this despite a decent upbringing, but if so, then this would hardly be the first instance of such cruelty. Leaving kids to wander round a zoo is not smart in itself, given that carnivorous animals often abound.
Oh My God. This is beyond horrifying. HE’S TOO YOUNG TO BE PROSECUTED??!!! Excuse me??!! You mean to tell me he did not know what he was doing??!! I am so disgusted. How is anybody going to defend this little bastard’s actions?
I am have to agree with the prior comments…this kid is a sociopath…murdering and torturing animals is a BIG red flag.
I would really like to think that the parents actually tried to give him a decent upbringing, that the boy was just having some terrible psychotic episode, and it can be fixed with proper medication and therapy. But considering the fact that the parents let him wander off into the zoo alone, says enough. Charge them AND that little fucker! And also, make sure they are never allowed to go near a zoo or a petstore again!
I’d absolutely love to see the parents of more of these little shits sued. They destroy YOUR property, cost YOU money, and yet somehow it’s okay because “they’re just baaaaaabies!!”
Bullshit. A seven year old understands the difference between right and wrong very well, and the parents need to understand that you bought the damn kid into the world, you’re responsible for it and whatever it wrecks. Do the job you signed up for, and if you stuff it up, apologise and pay up, then take it out of the kid’s hide. It always used to work that way. What the hell happened?
I’d bet money that if more people started suing parents for the damage their darlings did, we’d see a very appreciable shift in the behaviour of some of these kids. Funny, that.
Grrr. As for this little sicko, he just needs to step a few feet closer to that crocodile.
“If this is what the boy does aged seven, what the hell will he be doing in ten years?”
Reportedly GW Bush blew up frogs with firecrackers when he was a boy …
And Bill Frist used to dissect kittens he’d ‘adopted’ …
Judging by these accounts, the kid’s just a garden-variety conservative.
But at least he was caught when he was young.
WTFH?!?! a law implement should be implemented that when a child or children acts so violently and unruly out in public, the parents need to be either fined with a very steep fee, or get sued. if they can’t (there’s no such thing as, “can’t,” either) or don’t want to discipline a child, who we all know have smaller brain capacity than an adult - why bother having these bratleighs? i can’t stand clueless breeders! all these clueless breeders need to use is common sense and common courtesy! but that’s too much ask from them. ugh!
i agree with everyone - the child needed to be prosecuted and have the zoo sue these clueless parents!
I still find it hard to read the story without shaking with anger. I don’t know what’s worse, the evil actions of this “child” the sadness for what those animals suffered, the fact that the “child” - sociopath in the making can’t be prosecuted or the negligence of the stupid parents. I think it’s all of the above.
I can’t believe that’s the first time he’s done something like that… it’s too unlikely. So he really does need help. And I TOTALLY agree that he knows what he was doing… children are aware of what they can and can’t do at a very early age.. he must have been allowed to get away with destructive stuff like this for some time. Perhaps even his parents are scared of him. I would be. And he was smart enough to keep away from the Croc. Pity.
Come to that this boy’s behaviour reminds me of the book by Lionel Schriver called “We Need To Talk About Kevin.” The child was something like this, except older and more awful. I read it about a couple of years ago and it was one of the books that make me glad I don’t have kids.
There have been a lot of crocodile deaths in the Northern Territory here in Oz over many years - why oh why oh why didn’t the croc chomp up this little prick???!!! someone who actually deserves it! But you can imagine if the croc had chomped the kid the parents would sue. I agree with everyone else’s sentiments, those being that the zoo should sue the parents. I can understand the disbelief from you all that this “child” - I use the term loosely - can’t be charged because he’s under 10. I don’t know about where you’re all from, but Australia is the most over-governed country with what I believe are the most piss-weak laws. I actually work in the court system here in Australia - sorry, off topic a bit - and a judge, on the same day sentenced a drug dealer to four years gaol and a SEX OFFENDER to 12 months weekend detention!!!! Go figure!
I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised though about this revolting child, given that society deemed smacking and discipline to be bad for children. My mother-in-law used to own a preschool and is now teaches childcare in a tertiary institution and she was telling me recently that childcare centres in Australia are no longer allowed to say “no” to a child or “don’t do that, that’s bad” or words like that. No wonder there’s so many revolting children about.
A seven year old DOES know right from wrong, and I am sick of social workers and other child-centric people saying otherwise. Making excuses for a kid’s bad behavior just gives them license to continue doing it. It also lets parents off the hook in regards to them taking responsibility for the behavior of their awful kids.
This made me absolutely sick. I agree with the following commentors… the kid is obviously a sociopath and will only get worse as he grows older. He’s a serial killer in the making, and should be locked up now.
@Childfree Aussie: So, if a kid tries to set something on fire, you’re not supposed to scold him?? What the hell is wrong with people? That deserves a big ” WTF?”!
Arrrrgh.
Eeps. Cruelty to animals is often the precursor to cruelty to humans. I hope that authorities, if they can’t prosecute him for a legal crime, can argue that he needs huge psychiatric intervention. We will be reading about him again in years to come… If nothing else, the parents are not only negligent, but stupid as well if they don’t realise there is something seriously wrong with a child who would commit such violent and cruel acts. I’d personally be afraid of my own child if he were capable of that and get him help just to make sure he didn’t turn on me later.
I’ve been thinking about this…”person’s” parents. This is what happens when parents don’t take repsonsibility and do their job. I see lots kids like that all the time - on a less psychopathic level, thankfully - and the parents always seem to be the types whining about how haaaard it is to be a parent. I can’t be the only one wishing they’d just get on with it. How hard is it to not let your child wander off alone and feed live animals to each other, or any of the other shitty things they let their crotch droppings do? If you don’t think you can or would want to do it you shouldn’t have children.
I am going to take a bit of a different tack, and say that I don’t believe that a 7 year old should be prosecuted. Although they are old enough to know basic right from wrong, they don’t understand the long term implications of their actions. So, for example, a 7 year old trying to light a bonfire in his backyard because he wants to roast marshmallows like he saw on TV would not necessarily have the forethough to have a bucket of water nearby to put it out unless he had been taught this skill. So if he burns down an adjacent building accidentally, yes he needs to be punished, but in a way a 7 year old understands rather than putting him in “jail” or something. I completely believe in it being a severe punishment, but really, what seven year old is going to understand “mens rea” and “habeas corpus” in a courtroom?
That said, if that same seven year old deliberately did light the building on fire, or in this case, deliberately hurt live animals, then yeah, they understand that basic right from wrong, and there is more going on. This kid is quite clearly a sociopath, no doubt about it. So in this case, I don’t think parenting will change him, but good parenting could CONTROL him and prevent whatever danger or evil he wants to perpetrate. They may also want to check out these parents, because it is possible that they are perfectly okay parents stuck with a sociopath for a kid, but sometimes sociopaths/psychopaths come from an abusive background.
Like, in this case, where the hell were the parents? According to the news reports it took this kid more than 30 minutes to do all this, who doesn’t know where their 7 year old kid is for the better part of an hour? I mean, it wasn’t like he was found in a backyard shed or at a friend’s house or something.
And some of you said, yet another reason not to have children! The propaganda/bingoes of “it’s different when they are yours”, “but your child can cure cancer” and “don’t you want to contribute to the future of humankind” don’t usually include “your child could be a sociopath/low IQ/disabled/have a chronic illness/die young and horribly.
When I saw this story on the news, it made me sick. I have 3 nephews, all under the age of 6. They know not to harm/torture/kill animals. This 7 year old certainly does (or should) know better. I don’t want to blame the parents, but really, they had to have known before this incident that their little spawn was this bad.
There’s no way this is the first time he’s done something similar to this. That zoo definitely needs to sue the parents, and they should never be allowed to take that kid around animals ever again.
CF Overseas - “I am going to take a bit of a different tack, and say that I don’t believe that a 7 year old should be prosecuted. Although they are old enough to know basic right from wrong, they don’t understand the long term implications of their actions.”
I think you are correct in that by the standards of the legal system in his country (and I think in most countries in the world) he can’t be prosecuted. Putting him in jail wouldn’t help much. I think he did know what the outcome of his actions were though… and I’d bet this isn’t the first time he’s done something like this.
His parents have a responsibility… even if they were to say he’s out of control. But maybe he threatens them too. In which case they need to get him help, before other innocent people get killed. The signs are there that he’ll be appearing in some court before too long.
As horrid as the child’s actions were, I feel bad for him, really. Head injuries make people do things like this all the time. One has to wonder what kind of home life he has. How do his parents treat him? How do others treat him? Is he regularly tormented? Is/was he abused? There are many possible causes. I’m afraid it’s all too easy to just write the kid off as “evil” or “a bad seed”. He may have been born with these psychopathic tendencies, but such people aren’t always simply “born that way”. Psychopaths are created, too.
I don’t know what someone should do with the obviously disturbed child. Help him, somehow, though I don’t know of any way that would allow him to grow up to be a sane, functional person. I don’t believe that institutionalization or drugging are a feasible answer. I also don’t believe that rotting his life away in prison is going to fix anything. Perhaps extensive counseling may help, but these types of people usually don’t have the capacity for remorse, and likely will not even see the problem with their actions.
All I’m saying is, try to have some compassion.
I do agree, though, that the parents should have to answer for his actions. They are his parents, and are supposed to be watching him. Also, I wouldn’t believe for a second that they didn’t know the boy did things like this. Most kids who are that disturbed display this kind of behavior regularly.
You know that reptiles are eaten by crocodiles in the wild everyday, right? So really this boy only returning the animals to their original state before they were captured by the zoo in the first place.
Shouldn’t we be “shaking mad” at the thousands of human children that are put to death everyday at the hands of abortionists, instead of getting all up in arms about a few silly lizards being eaten by a bigger silly lizard? Think about that…if you are all brave enough to let this post through….
Chris, you are completely missing the point of the post.
1) The child has absolutely no respect for other people’s property.
2) Parents are 100% responsible for the actions their children take.
3) The parents of this particular child were most likely NOT doing their job.
4) It is a known fact that serial killers abused, tortured, and maimed animals when they were children.
This child needs help. Now. And his parents need to be held responsible. Now.
To dismiss this incident as no big deal because you’re comparing it to a completely different issue is incorrect logic and doesn’t even begin to compare.