Bad Little Kids

[Da Skinna]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.


In this CCTV image, the boy throws a turtle over a wall at the Alice Springs Reptile Center.

The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's security camera, happened early Wednesday after the boy jumped a security fence at the Alice Springs Reptile Center in central Australia, said zoo director Rex Neindorf.

The child then went on a killing spree, bashing three lizards to death with a rock, including the zoo's beloved, 20-year-old goanna, which he then fed to "Terry," an 11-foot, 440-pound saltwater crocodile, said Neindorf.

The boy also fed several live animals to Terry by throwing them over the two fences surrounding the crocodile's enclosure, at one point climbing over the outer fence to get closer to the giant reptile.

In the footage, the boy's face remains largely blank, Neindorf said, adding: "It was like he was playing a game."

By the time he was done, 13 animals worth around $5,500 had been killed, including a turtle, bearded dragons and thorny devil lizards, Neindorf said. Although none were considered rare, some are difficult to replace, he said.

"We're horrified that anyone can do this and saddened by the age of the child," Neindorf said. Watch the boy in action »

Alice Springs police said they are unable to press charges against the boy because of his age. Children under age 10 can't be charged with criminal offenses in the Northern Territory. His name was not released because of his age.

Neindorf said he plans to sue the boy's parents.


The boy's small size is probably the reason he didn't trip the zoo's security system, which relies on sensors to detect intruders, Neindorf said.

"I just want people to learn that they can't let their children go and run amok," Neindorf said. "If we can't put the blame onto the child, then someone has to accept the responsibility."

Where the hell were this kid's parents?! This is insane. This isn't something a normal child would do.

So my question for EMM is, what responsibility do we now have to hold for a child as probably damaged as this one? What are the responsibilities the parents now have to hold?

I'd put this kid on a watchlist...

[Exarch]

i'd be first in line to bash the little er

[Rich86]

Ultimately it's the parents fault.

They've raised him so they're the ones accountable for his actions.

Where were his parents when he went on his killing spree? Most likely at home drunk/drugged.

[Exarch]

Ultimately it's the parents fault.

They've raised him so they're the ones accountable for his actions.

Where were his parents when he went on his killing spree? Most likely at home drunk/drugged.

i still think he should get six of the best...i mean, the worst!!!
a caning would be just the thing....

[MaximiIian]

Ultimately it's the parents fault.

They've raised him so they're the ones accountable for his actions.

Oh, bull-. Not everything is the ing parents' fault. Sometimes, the apple's just rotten, and it needs to be tossed.

Or, in this case, hit with baseball bat upside its ing face.

I hope that kid finds himself alone with a Catholic Priest.

[Father Jack]

Its quite obviously his parents fault, especially if he is only aged 7. The parents are quite right to get the blame for raising a child like this, he obviously hasnt been taught discipline and why the hell wern't the parents looking after him? He is only aged 7 most good parents would keep a 7 year old close by.

Im all for reintroduction of caining, this boy (and his parents) need a dozen or so.

[Chaigidel]

I would like this childs head caved in with a hammer, and fed to an alligator.

the parents too, and anyone who knew him.--- this boy is a taint that will only spread best to clip away the filth now.

[Da Skinna]

He might grow up to be a serial killer, I mean this show's psychopathy at the least.

[Chaigidel]

he will invariably be dangerous to those around him-- to all life around him.

[Garrigan]

The age of criminal responsibility is 10 for a reason.He is obviously ed up, and needs some kind of help. But ultimately its the parents fault, Macky's right, not only have the failed to teach him any discpline but also why the hell werent they looking after him?! Who lets a 7 year old out of your sight at a zoo?

[Copperknickers II]

A future crazed college mass murderer i think, unless we take a leaf out of his book and feed him to the crocodile.

[Soulghast]

This boy certainly has psychological problems, and I can see a killer, or a seriously disturbed person coming out, if action is not taken. It isn't normal for a kid of this age to show so much violence. I seriously think that he might be beaten by his parents, as there is no other explanation for this outburst of monstrosity. The parents need to be looked at, and the child needs psychological support from experts, in order to avoid the worse. Of course probably nothing of all this will happen, but anyway...

[Dayman]

Jeffery Dahmer in the making.

[God-Emperor of Mankind]

Yep, clear signs of a future serial killer right there ladies and gentlemen.
It's a sickening and disgusting crime which almost makes me wish that the crocodile got him.

[Da Skinna]

Dahmer didn't kill animals as a child did he?

And he ate his victims out of love, not insanity.

[Dayman]

Dahmer didn't kill animals as a child did he?

And he ate his victims out of love, not insanity.

Well he only inspected roadkill, iirc, not actually killed them, at first that is.

[God-Emperor of Mankind]

Dahmer didn't kill animals as a child did he?

One documentary I saw on discovery channel mentioned that Dahmer used to pin squirrels onto trees, some were roadkill some were alive.

And he ate his victims out of love, not insanity.

Indeed he did.
Some rough loving there

[Niles Crane]

Well, he does live in the Northern Territory. That lot are even worse than the Victorians.

But seriously, we all enjoyed squishing insects and those little lizards who name I've forgotten, but I don't recall ever going into a zoo and killing the animals there.

[Lord Anubis]

That kid is going to grow up to be a murderer.

[Kiljaden]

Am I the only person on this forum that sees next to nothing wrong with this from the boy's perspective?

From an adult's perspective, the parents are definitely responsible for keeping an eye on their 7-year-old and should pay the zoo $5,500 in damages.

From the kid's perspective, he was discovering life. We're talking second grade here... I know when I was in second grade I used to torture insects and poke roadkill, including a neighborhood cat I found dead in the gutter with its guts ripped out of its belly, eye hanging outside its skull with the optic nerve still attached. I didn't turn into a violent person at all - but I did turn into a thinking person.

The point I'm trying to make is that the boy himself did nothing wrong, he was learning about the world around him. What life and death is, the carnal animal nature of our being. The key is to teach the boy that all life is to be cherished and killing is not okay. That even the animal kingdom are valued as living, breathing, beings that experience life, and pain, like us - albeit in simpler terms.

The last thing you want to do is punish this boy without explaining a damn thing to him - or worse, lock him up. He's obviously old enough to be curious about the world, he deserves an honest explanation of reality - otherwise he'll grow up deluded, or worse, thinking that death is some abstract "bad" concept that should never be thought of. The same way sex is taught to many young kids - which only ends up with them being sluts and thinking sex is this meaningless thing to abuse....

See where I'm coming from? The parents are responsible for this happening, but they are also responsible for framing reality in a way so that he understands what he did. Punishment is not the way to go.

Bring on the flames.