Twin Boys Drown In Dalgety Bay Garden Pond

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-35794160

How many more children are going to drown in garden ponds before the parents/grandparents, etc will fill them in ?

[gordiescotland1]

That is a horrendous thing to happen poor parents

[jourdain2]

Dreadful thing to happen - the poor parents must be suffering so much - but small children and ponds can co-exist. My two youngest grandchildren (now 4 and 6) have grown up with a pond from their births. It was a simple matter to net it for safety. Toddlers have to be watched, but accidents will always happen. Sad.

[ToraToraTora]

you cannot fill in every pond mikey. The world is full of very stupid people.

[stuey]

Not necessarily stupid, TTT: perhaps thinking like most of us do "It'll never happen to me.". A terrible thing: those two boys are dead, and the parents are going to be dead inside for the rest of their lives.

[Cloverjo]

Its very sad.
My parents have a pond, and all 4 of their grandchildren went to visit and played in the garden while small without any of us thinking the pond should be filled in.
You just have to watch the kids.

[Peter Pedant]

tragedy - poor kids and poor parentss

[naomi24]

Guards around fires, gates across stairs and outside doors, hot saucepans on the back of the hob, and nets over garden ponds Just common sense.

[Islay]

I agree with Naomi, you restrict access to areas that could be a danger.

To fill in every pond would have be to the severe detriment of wildlife.

[237SJ]

It wasn`t a pond by all accounts. It was a large tank that had been used by a company that traded in Koi.

[mikey4444]

It seems that it was a bit bigger than tour usual goldfish pond :::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-35797282

[Cloverjo]

I feel sorry for the parents, still. But why would they leave the boys alone with that huge thing out there?

[Islay]

the tanks were left behind by the previous occupants. very sad

[Baldric]

https://www.sundaypost.com/news/update-twins-drown/

///A company called Okayama Koi Ltd is listed as having its correspondence address at the property, according to Companies House.///