The two surviving hooligans have hired infamous law dog, Mark Geragos, who has represented the famous of all ilk, from Michael Jackson to Scott Peterson. Some social commentators have called for the zoo to fork over millions while others say those rowdy kids got what they deserved.
It seems to me that the zoo should pay big time for this fatal fiasco. My reason: transaction costs. The zoo can avoid this at a much lower cost than the random tourist. The zoo has expert information about the animals and the zoo facility, whereas the tourists usually don't know anything at all. It would be prohibitively expensive for a tourist to ensure his safety when entering a zoo. He would have to call/question countless people, inspect the cages, etc. In fact, a tourist would have to put himself into danger (in addition to bearing high costs) in order to ensure his safety. In short, those guys were probably being idiots, but the zoo should have realized this is a world full of knaves.
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