W Trent....yes the mother should be blamed. But I still feel that the employees should have tried to help the child once he fell into the pen. Yes it was the mothers fault he ended up there to begin with but they may have been able to save him?? I guess we'll never know

Richard, sure, make those dogs even more aggressive toward foreign objects. They have their intended food. Moron

Throw the peacock to these dogs with the parents of both children in the peacock and dog incidents.

D Bone - 11/7/2012 11:47 PM - we tend to comment on the stories in our news. That is not to say that we, as a group, are insensitive to the multitude of horrors for children around the globe - they also have the issue with the dingos in Australia. Children are worldwide victims, and that is something to cry about.

Little kids are eaten by wild dogs in Africa every day. I don't hear any of you crying about that.

It is so heart wrenching when a child has to pay the price for the stupidity of their parents!

Yep, that is one reason they are called TODDLERS for crying out loud...I agree.

This is the mother's fault. Everyone knows a 2 yr old is no master of balance. How could she just plop him up there and let go of him?

This tragedy is avoided if the mom doesn't place the child on, or over, the rail - period. Yes, this will haunt her for the rest of her live and yes, I for one hope that life is spent in a tiny cell. Oh, and Hammer 1, urban dictionary has this definition of the word sence - "This is how idiots spell sense, since they have no sense, they can't f*!=ing spell it."

HammeringHank - 10:39 AM - You are so wrong. You know nothing about these animals. The can take down a large beast in Africa quickly and run in packs. They are deadly! There was a net below that the child fell through. Learn to read the signs is what the mother should have done. The stupidity is the mother who did not hold on to the child in the first place. The child should have never been placed on the rail. Put blame where it belongs, directly on the mother who needs to be prosecuted. I hope she pays a greater price than the memory. It is not the zoo's fault!