Gorilla Shot Dead At Cincinnati Zoo After Child Falls Into E

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http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_574aae7fe4b0ebf6...
Gorilla Shot Dead At Cincinnati Zoo After Child Falls Into Enclosure

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Liokault said:

Its almost like you have an agenda here.

It's a pretty good rant, it manages to attack just about every side simultaneously with added bile and vitriol for non-involved types too.

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br d said:

The boys Mother has apparently said that god saved him so that's sorted then.

Jaysus fking Christ!

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He has...in Salford.

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I think the zoo should have it's licence (whatever) looked at and should probably have the right to host great apes taken away from them.

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https://www.facebook.com/fsensitivity1/photos/a.29...

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The Beaver King said:

I think that is a bit harsh; especially considering they play a role in numerous animal breeding programmes, including apes and monkeys.

It could be reviewed I guess.

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The chimp that ripped the face of the woman, there's issues when male chimps are around other adults, especially women.

A silverback gorilla and the kid is a different situation, from the video, the kid didn't took in danger.

The zoo have failed in most regards here, what happens from a governing point of view now?

Edited by Halb on Tuesday 31st May 20:56

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nellyleelephant said:

Have you watched the video posted above your post? Can you honestly say that the kid didn't look in danger??

I don't think I have watched all of it, but some.

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glazbagun said:

But shooting a gorilla is seen in a low light by the same people who eat deathcamp pigs, chicken and cows every other day, because they think of them in some anthropomorphic way and they have a keyboard to hand.

Anthropomorphic is sometimes a misapplied term. Once Humans were considered above the other animals, and any sort of 'bestowing' of 'human' traits onto the other animals was called anthropomorphising, Johnny Morris used to get told off for it. Mostly it came from religion. But as humans learn more about the other animals, especially the ones that are close in intelligence, it's clear that there are traits that are shared amongst certain animals, and are not exclusive to humans alone, quite a few animal societies are now recognised as cultures and anthropomorphising becomes less accurate with regards to some traits.

Edited by Halb on Tuesday 31st May 23:05