A Gorilla Expert’s Take on the Cincinnati Zoo Incident

in Animal News on June 01, 2016

Gorilla expert Ian Redmond explores the recent killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo: “The tragic events…last Saturday triggered an outpouring of emotion all over the world. Shock at the killing of a splendid young silverback, Harambe, mixed with relief that the four-year-old boy came through it relatively unscathed (though doubtless traumatized). What lessons can we learn from such a sad turn of events?”

Link: The Guardian

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